NHER 8336 (Building record) - Hunsett Mill
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Summary
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Location
| Map sheet | TG32SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | STALHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
Three storey brick tower. Boat-shaped. Frames for canvas sails. Fantail and sprocket wheel for chain. Arch in base ?formerly for scoop wheel. All restored. In garden of house; electric pump nearby replaces it.
E. Rose (NAU) 13 April 1982.
The 'sprocket wheel' above (really a Y-wheel) indicates Cubitts patent sails but the frames were replaced after collapse by millwright in recent years. The whole mill was restored from dereliction in 1946.
E. Rose (NAU) 8 February 1985.
Photos in file.
Drainage mill bears a date of 1698; it has obviously been rebuilt on the site of an old mill, probably about 1807.
Information from Ordnance Survey Records.
R. J. Rickett (NAU) 16 May 1990.
Listed building description dates the mill to 1860 and says there were originally two scoop wheel. No internal machinery survives.
2007. Broadland Flood Alleviation Project.
Proposals for new floodbank to protect Hunsett Mill.
See Environmental Report (S2) for further details.
P. Watkins (HES), 3 March 2015.
Associated Sources (8)
- --- SNF48979 Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1994. TG3623/B - E.
- --- SNF48662 Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1305072.
- --- SNF94854 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1995. Memories of Hunset. 21 April.
- --- SNF94853 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1995. The unbeatable beauty of Hunset. 14 April.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- --- SNF92659 Unpublished Report: Broadland Environmental Services. 2007. Broadland Flood Alleviation Project. Compartment 38. Flood defence improvements for Hunsett Mill and Cottage. Environmental Report.
- <S1> SNF4896 Monograph: Brown, R.J.. 1976. Windmills of England.. pp 235-6.
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Record last edited
Jul 24 2018 3:30PM