Horsey Drainage Mill is a Grade II* listed building in the The Broads Authority local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 April 1955. Drainage mill.

Horsey Drainage Mill

WRENN ID
old-finial-dale
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
The Broads Authority
Constituency
North Norfolk MP: Steff Aquarone (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 April 1955
Type
Drainage mill
Address
Horsey Drainage Mill, Horsey Road, North Norfolk
OS grid reference
TG 457 221
Coordinates
52.74107, 1.63901
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Horsey Drainage Mill is a mid-19th century draining windpump that was rebuilt in 1897 and 1912 by Dan England, with restoration completed in 1961. The mill features a tapering brick tower topped with a weatherboarded timber boat-shaped cap and stands four storeys high. The north side has segmental-headed double doors, while the second floor has a casement window under a segmental arch. The south side includes a square-headed window on the ground floor, and similar windows can be found on the ground and first floors of the east side and the top floor of the west side. The cap is equipped with a fan cradle, an 8-vaned fantail, a petticoat, and four stocks and sails. Inside, there is an upright shaft, a spur wheel, a pitwheel, and a scoop wheel shaft on the ground floor. The external scoop wheel has been replaced with an engine located in an attached outbuilding, and the cap contains the windshaft, brakewheel, and wallower.

Local climate

Horsey Drainage Mill receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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