Ingleborough Tower Windmill, West Walton

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West Walton, Ingleborough Tower Windmill
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Ingleborough Towermill, near the village of West Walton
Origin
Mill locationMill Lane, West Walton
Grid reference TF47391499
Coordinates 52°42′45.04″N0°10′49.08″E / 52.7125111°N 0.1803000°E / 52.7125111; 0.1803000 Coordinates: 52°42′45.04″N0°10′49.08″E / 52.7125111°N 0.1803000°E / 52.7125111; 0.1803000
Year built1824

Ingleborough Tower Windmill is one mile north of the village of West Walton in Norfolk, England. [1] The windmill is in the yard of Hill House Farm alongside a house and assorted farm buildings. The mill is now in a state of disuse. The mill tower was listed Grade II in 1951. [2]

West Walton village in the United Kingdom

West Walton is a village and civil parish in the King's Lynn and West Norfolk District of Norfolk, England.

Norfolk County of England

Norfolk is a county in East Anglia in England. It borders Lincolnshire to the northwest, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest, and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea and to the north-west, The Wash. The county town is Norwich. With an area of 2,074 square miles (5,370 km2) and a population of 859,400, Norfolk is a largely rural county with a population density of 401 per square mile. Of the county's population, 40% live in four major built up areas: Norwich (213,000), Great Yarmouth (63,000), King's Lynn (46,000) and Thetford (25,000).

Listed building Protected historic structure in the United Kingdom

A listed building, or listed structure, is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, Cadw in Wales, and the Northern Ireland Environment Agency in Northern Ireland.

The mill was built in 1824. [3] It stood over eight storeys high and is constructed from brick. At the fourth floor level there is a gallery. There are windows on each floor, with three windows on the south elevation. At its top there is a sawtooth cornice in brickwork, below curb track.[ further explanation needed ] The tower was topped with a white ogee cap which has been removed. A set of railings was installed around the top in 1980. [3] The sails, of which there were once six, were removed in 1940. [3] Internally the tower still has all its floors and stairs but all the machinery has been removed.[ citation needed ]

The mill is listed in the 1883 Kelly’s Directory for Cambridgeshire, Norfolk & Suffolk, with the miller who was also a baker and farmer. [4] In 1904, the mill was powered by both wind and steam.

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References

  1. ↑ OS Explorer Map 235(2006) – Wisbech & Peterborough North, Market Deeping & Crowland. ISBN   0-319-23807-5
  2. ↑ Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1077675)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 17 May 2009.
  3. 1 2 3 Norfolkmills/Ingleborough tower mill
  4. ↑ Kelly's Directory for Cambridgeshire, Norfolk & Suffolk, 1883, pp.544-5.
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