Old Water Mill is a Grade II listed building in the Breckland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 March 1971. Water mill, masonic lodge. 2 related planning applications.

Old Water Mill

WRENN ID
fallen-pilaster-wax
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Breckland
Constituency
South West Norfolk MP: Terry Jermy (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 March 1971
Type
Water mill, masonic lodge
Address
Old Water Mill, Bridges Walk, Thetford, IP24 2EF
OS grid reference
TL 870 828
Coordinates
52.41177, 0.74873
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Water Mill is a water mill that has been converted into a masonic lodge. It dates from the early 19th century and is constructed of gault brick beneath a pantiled roof. The building stands three storeys high and is arranged in five bays. The ground floor features four 20th-century windows and two blocked doors, all of which have segmental heads. On the first floor, there are four 20th-century metal casements and a loading door, also under segmental heads, along with one blind window. The second floor includes three 20th-century top-hung windows and three blind windows, all under square heads. The roof is gabled and has a large gabled weatherboarded lucam. The east gable contains four 20th-century top-hung metal windows and a 20th-century door. A tail race flows through two rounded arches beneath a platform bridge made of Flemish bond gault brick, with flint splays. The interior is noted for retaining no machinery.

Local climate

Old Water Mill sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2001
  • Related listed building consents — 2 applications
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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