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| Mill chimney |
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Description:
Remains of the chimney for steam-power of the smockmill can still be seen in the garden next to Mill House. |
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| Millstone |
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Description:
A millstone in the garden of Mill House - made of imported French stone and believed to be one of the stones used in the smockmill. |
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| Rear of Mill House |
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Description:
The back part of the house is a former cottage to which the Georgian / early Victorian front rooms were added. The end (near) wall is thinner than others and is where part of the mill buildings once joined. Back left is the old bakehouse. |
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| Greenhouse at Mill |
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Description:
The greenhouse was once part of a walled kitchen garden at the back of the Mill House. |
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| Mill Forge |
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Description:
The smockmill 'industrial complex' included a forge to the south of the mill - for repair work, and possibly for shoeing horses. |
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| Inside mill forge |
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Description:
Interior of the small forge beside the smockmill - used by the present owners as a store! The remains of the hearth is still visible. |
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| Windmill model |
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Description:
This model of Mulbarton's wooden windmill on the Common is in the Bridewell Museum, Norwich - in need of renovation! |
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| Tower Mill Remains |
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Description:
The remains of the brick tower of the old tower windmill by the Mulbarton/Swardeston boundary. This view shows the west-facing doorway, |
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| Back of tower mill |
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Description:
The doorway on the west-facing side of the brick tower mill. The mill had two doors as a safety precaution: it was not very high, and when the sails passed in front of one door there was another to use. |
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| Brick mill interior1 |
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Description:
Looking up the remains of the brick tower mill. The remains of the upper floor can be seen - and below left are some fallen floor timbers. Note the holes in the beam for the machinery. |
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| Brick Mill Interior2 |
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Description:
Another view up the inside of the remains of the brick tower mill, showing windows, roof beams and holes for the machinery. |
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| Old Mill House |
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Description:
The back wall of this house is along the Mulbarton/Swardeston boundary! It is built on a narrow strip of land bought in the 1820s for building the brick tower mill, along with the house, barns and workshops. |
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| Tower mill strip |
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Description:
Looking along the narrow strip of land that contains the Old Mill House (left), barns and workshops (centre) and brick tower mill (far distance). |
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| Hayloft At Towermill |
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Description:
This clay-lump barn had stabling, storage and a hayloft. It is situated between the Old Mill House and the brick tower mill. |
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| Clay lump barn |
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Description:
This clay-lump barn is adjacent to the brick towermill. Besides showing its building material, it still has metal holders for the original wooden guttering. |
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| Damaged clay lump |
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Description:
When the outer cover of a clay lump building is eroded, rats can gnaw at the clay and soon the weather gets in and the wall collapses. This example is in a barn near the old brick towermill. |
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| Track To Towermill |
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Description:
The track leads from the Turnpike (now the B1113) to the old brick twermill. On the right, near the gateway, is a well with wheel under a triangular wooden cover. This was the only source of water for the Old Mill House and mill - and the next house. |
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