Description

THORNAGE
TG 03 NE
2/117 Thornage Water
13.11.78 Mill
II*

Water mill over River Glaven. Now derelict. Late C18/early C19. Red brick
with pantiled roof. North front: 3 storeys and attic, 3 windows to 2nd and
3rd floors under segmental arches, formerly casements; tiled coping to gable
parapets; dentil eaves cornice. Gable to west has a loading door on each
floor, each with projecting beams which once supported a platform. Remains
of a hoist above 3rd floor door. Intact machinery at the east end includes:
an undershot wheel complete with paddles; a pit wheel driving a wallower
and spur wheel connected to 3 sets of stones; a crown wheel driving a lay
shaft via a pinion wheel; a screening machine on the first floor.

Listing NGR: TG0611436754

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17556118

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Recommended Books

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)