NHER 5771 (Building record) - Caston mill and granary
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
Location
| Map sheet | TL99NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | CASTON, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
15 October 1975. Visited.
Windmill and granary.
Very fine tower mill, complete except for some ribs on vanes; fantail also missing (both 1976). Built in 1864 to replace a postmill and last worked by wind in about 1940. Granary at base now converted to house; contains mill engine. Mill is of six storeys, unfloored gallery at second stage. Boat shaped cap. All machinery intact. Has initials EW for Edward Wyer.
Information from (S1) and informant.
(S2) in file.
E. Rose (NAU) 15 August 1983.
Associated Sources (7)
- --- SNF13298 Aerial Photograph: TL9598 A,B.
- --- SNF7576 Monograph: Pevsner, N and Wilson, B. 1999. Norfolk 2: North-West and South. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 261.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TL 99 NE M; TL 99 NE 20.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF48662 Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1076787.
- <S2> SNF577 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1984. Age-old techniques used to restore Norfolk mills. 18 August.
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Record last edited
Jan 25 2018 4:52PM