NHER 10691 (Building record) - Ellingham Mill

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Summary

This 18th or 19th century iron frame tall whitewashed weather boarded water mill has a stone or brick ground floor. The mill was used until 1933. The upper floors were damaged by fire in 1985. The adjacent miller's house has three bays and two storeys with Gothic windows in the brick façade. It is said to have an older timber frame. The mill was converted into a residential dwelling in 2010.

Protected Status/Designation

Listed Building (II) 1373094: ELLINGHAM MILL AND MILL HOUSE

Location

Map sheet	TM39SE
Civil Parish	ELLINGHAM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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August 1977. Visit. Ellingham Mill.
Water mill. Tall whitewashed weatherboarded building with stone or brick ground floor. Central gable with sack hoist. In use until 1933. Adjacent is millers house, three bays two storeys with Gothic windows in brick facade, but said to have an older timber frame. (S1) marks as flour mill. Excellent condition.
E. Rose (NAU), 2 August 1977.

(S2) describes as 18th century. Upper floors damaged by fire 25 February 1985.
E. Rose (NAU), 26 February 1985.

(S2) revised 1995 states mill has iron frame said to be of around 1900.

(S3) states Matthias Kerrison erected the mill in 1785 to 1786 at a cost of £825.
E. Rose (NLA), 12 December 2000.

(S4) quotes a statement of 1710 that the mill was then a 'poor small place'. The bridge outside dates from 1910 and superceded a ford.

The mill ceased active use in 1933, however the site was bought by Vitovis Ltd and worked as a factory until about 1960. (S5)
NIAS records
W. Arnold (HES), 4 January 2011.

Associated Sources (14)

--- SNF13462 Aerial Photograph: TM 3691E,F.
--- SNF99427 Designation: English Heritage. 1990-2013. English Heritage Listing Notification. Notification. DNF9477.
--- SNF49212 Drawing: Various. Various. Architectural plans.
--- SNF7576 Monograph: Pevsner, N and Wilson, B. 1999. Norfolk 2: North-West and South. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 329.
--- SNF347 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1985-1988. [Photographs and an illustration of Ellingham Mill].
--- SNF3811 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1985. Spanning two counties. 30 August.
--- SNF58996 Photograph: Unknown. 1999. [unknown].
--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF6047 Publication: Faden, W. and Barringer, J. C. 1989. Faden's Map of Norfolk in 1797.
<S2> SNF48662 Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1373094.
<S3> SNF48406 Article in Serial: Lawrence, R. 2000. From Yeomanry to County Elite: The Impact of the French Wars on the Rise of a Suffolk Family. Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History. Vol XXXIX Pt 4 pp 470-483. p 472.
<S4> SNF53234 Article in Serial: Best, D.. 2003. Bungay Navigation.. NIAS Journal. Vol 7 no 3. p 26.
<S5> SNF57617 Archive: NIAS. Norfolk Industrial Archaeology Society Records.

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Record last edited

Jul 18 2018 3:01PM