NHER 12705 (Monument record) - Wind pump

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Summary

A wind pump of metal girder construction, built over a well. In recent history the mill has been repeatedly abandoned and restored.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG41NW
Civil Parish POTTER HEIGHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

1979. Site visit.
Wind pump, over well. Metal girder construction.
Under restoration by owner.
E. Rose (NAU), 24 May 1979.

Fully restored and working, painted red, white and blue.
Now used to supply greenhouses from two tanks supported on the base of the trestle.

May 1989.
Now sadly in very poor condition and sails removed.
E. Rose (NAU), 10 May 1989.

1992.
Now restored to former glory.
E. Rose (NLA), 18 May 1992

Yet once again it is derelict.
E. Rose (NLA), 22 September 2000.

October 2001.
Still derelict but clearance of vegetation around base may suggest restoration is to begin, and has revealed what could be the remains of other wind pumps (seen only from by-pass).
E. Rose (NLA), 15 October 2001.

  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.

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Record last edited

Sep 24 2014 2:23PM

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