NHER 8554 (Building record) - Thurne Dyke Drainage Mill
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
Location
| Map sheet | TG41NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | THURNE, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
Drainage mill. Built 1820.
Restored in 1949 to 1955; new sails 1962.
Weatherboarded, cap at odd straight section top above tapering body.
Visited by E. Rose (NAU) 29 May 1978.
Worked until about 1940.
Restored again 1981.
See (S1).
Revisited when open 28 August 1984; but sails removed for repair.
However fantail working. Main vertical shaft composed of square sectioned timbers bolted together and meeting at an iron joint in very low third storey (mill of four storeys). Small fireplace in base. Horizontal shaft to turbine on exterior.
E. Rose (NAU) 29 August 1984.
Sails replaced by September 1984.
The 'odd straight section' is an adddition made when the mill was converted from cloth to patent sails.
Information from millwright.
E. Rose (NAU) 8 February 1985.
(S2) (pre 1992) as large rolled plans.
E. Rose (NLA)
Since 2002, the sails have been run on selected open days. In 2008, restoration of the water pump itself was completed and a demonstration was planned on 11 May, but was not possible due to weather.
See (S3) for further details.
H. Hamilton (NLA), 27 May 2008.
Associated Sources (20)
- --- SNF8805 *Rolled Plan: Large Plan Exists.
- --- SNF48861 Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1994. TG4015/T - W.
- --- SNF8808 Fiche: Exists.
- --- SNF58263 Monograph: Pevsner, N. and Wilson, B. 1997. Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 695.
- --- SNF264 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1979. Sails of land and water. 13 August.
- --- SNF3148 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1979. Thurne pump taken over. 2 October.
- --- SNF577 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1984. Age-old techniques used to restore Norfolk mills. 18 August.
- --- SNF4062 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1984. New sails set on landmark of Broadland. 6 September.
- --- SNF3536 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1987. [Photograph of Thurne Dyke Mill]. 26 February.
- --- SNF61059 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1993. Finance setback to mill project. 13 February.
- --- SNF61060 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1997. [Photograph of Thurne Dyke Mill]. 9 October.
- --- SNF61058 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 2002. Bob's mill takes its turn at last. 19 September.
- --- SNF61057 Photograph: 12 Transparency.
- --- SNF9283 Photograph: CQX16.
- --- SNF85998 Photograph: Photographs of Thurne Dyke Drainage Mill. Colour.
- --- 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. TG 41 NW 5b.
- <S1> SNF3260 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1981. [Article on a viewing of Thurne Dyke Drainage Mill after during restoration work]. 21 May.
- <S2> SNF49212 Drawing: Various. Various. Architectural plans.
- <S3> SNF70319 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 2008. Heatwave becalms mill's pump bid. 12 May.
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Record last edited
Mar 15 2017 12:50PM