NHER 25838 (Building record) - Old Mill, Town Street

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Summary

Old Mill is a red brick tower mill, six storeys tall, thought to date to 1829. The mill, which received later additions, ground flour until the 1950s, although its sails were removed in the late 1940s.

Protected Status/Designation

Listed Building (II) 1161202: OLD MILL RESTAURANT AND HOTEL

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Map sheet	TF50SW
Civil Parish	UPWELL, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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Windmill.
Tower mill, tapering red brick tower, tall six storeys, cylindrical top; poor condition but brickwork sound; dated 'IHS 1829'.
Inf from Cambridgeshire SMR (Sites and Monuments Record), their number 07320.
Grid reference confirmed from OS 1953 six inch map, but 1:10,000 map omits mill and marks equestrian centre on site. Has it been demolished?
E. Rose (NLA), 3 September 1990.

The grid reference on the Cambridgeshire SMR was incorrect.
Corrected from old series six inch OS map.
E. Rose (NLA), 19 October 1990.

Press cutting in secondary file (S1).

Associated Sources (6)

--- SNF6438 Article in Serial: Hughes, H.. 1928. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society. Vol 31, p 28.
--- SNF48662 Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1161202.
--- SNF8210 Monograph: Smith, A.. 1975. Windmills in Cambridgeshire: a contemporary survey.. p 25.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF66674 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1995. Landmark year for this place of history. 3 January.

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Record last edited

Jul 11 2017 2:35PM