NHER 8312 (Building record) - Water Mill, Station Road

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Summary

This water mill is brick built, with a pantile roof, and has two sections. One section has a series of low double doors under lofts, presumably forming the granary, and the other has a metal undershot water wheel inside. A plaque on the mill reads: 'This mill was erected in a time of scarcity by voluntary subscription for the common benefit of the neighbourhood AD 1800'.

Protected Status/Designation

Listed Building (II*) 1077845: THE MILL

Location

Map sheet	TF63SE
Civil Parish	SNETTISHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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Watermill.
Brick built with pantile roof, in two sections; one with series of low double doors under lofts, the other with metal water
wheel inside, undershot. Overflow sluice round side of building. Plaque: 'This mill was erected in a time of scarcity by voluntary subscription for the common benefit of the neighbourhood AD 1800. Discite Justitiam moniti et non temnere leges'.
Visited E. Rose (NAU), 26 February 1976.

Note quotation is from Virgil with 'divos' altered to 'leges'. Detailed plans including very interesting machinery in NARG Building files.
Compiled by E. Rose (NAU).

2004.
Listing by English Heritage upgraded to II*. (S1).
E. Rose (NLA), 31 August 2004.

Associated Sources (11)

--- SNF99427 Designation: English Heritage. 1990-2013. English Heritage Listing Notification. Notification. DNF3830.
--- SNF8808 Fiche: Exists.
--- SNF7576 Monograph: Pevsner, N and Wilson, B. 1999. Norfolk 2: North-West and South. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 659.
--- SNF433 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1983. Bringing mill back into working order. 15 November.
--- SNF3806 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1984. Old mill at work again. 30 April.
--- SNF3177 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1989. Keeping the mill wheels turning. 20 January.
--- SNF89644 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1996. Idyllic mill house with restored mill. 5 January.
--- SNF9650 Photograph: EGL 28-9.
--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF48662 Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1077845.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

WATERMILL (18th Century to 21st Century - 1800 AD? to 2100 AD)

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Snettisham (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

Jul 13 2018 12:29PM