NHER 17962 (Monument record) - High Mill or Southtown High Mill
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG50NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | GREAT YARMOUTH, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
Site of wind mill. 35 to 36 Gatacre Road (houses with red chimneypots).
High Mill, tower mill with Cubitt's patent sails. 10 storeys high with central catwalk. (S1) describes it as the highest in England at 41m (135 feet) high. Demolished 1904. However informant (who supplied grid reference) states that it was in reality only 37m (122 feet) high and was known as Southtown High Mill. It was built in 1812 at a cost of 2000 pounds.
E. Rose (NAU), 18 February 1982.
(S2) states that cost of mill was £10,000 not £2000. It stood on oak piles and a raft and supplied flour to the army during the Crimean War. After demolition the bricks were supposedly used to build High Mill Terrace, now Gatacre Road. However (S3) shows a mill in this area, possibly at site NHER 15670 but possibly on the site of this mill.
E. Rose (NLA), 8 January 1996.
Associated Sources (4)
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S1> SNF6379 Monograph: Hepworth, P.. 1972. Victorian and Edwardian Norfolk from old photographs..
- <S2> SNF4457 Article in Serial: Ashbourne, T.. 1994. Southtown Windmills.. Yarmouth Archaeology. p 23.
- <S3> SNF6047 Publication: Faden, W. and Barringer, J. C. 1989. Faden's Map of Norfolk in 1797.
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Record last edited
Dec 7 2010 11:11AM