Ingleborough Tower Windmill, West Walton

West Walton, Ingleborough Tower Windmill
Windmill
Ingleborough Towermill, near the village of West Walton
Country	England
State	Norfolk
Region	East of England
District	King's Lynn and West Norfolk
Municipality	West Walton
Location	Mill Lane, West Walton
- coordinates	52°42′45.04″N 0°10′49.08″E / 52.7125111°N 0.1803000°E / 52.7125111; 0.1803000Coordinates: 52°42′45.04″N 0°10′49.08″E / 52.7125111°N 0.1803000°E / 52.7125111; 0.1803000
Style	Circular and tapering
Material	Brick
Founded	1824
Visitation	In private ownership
East Runton Windmill within Norfolk
Map Ref: TF47391499

Ingleborough Tower Windmill is located one mile north of the village of West Walton in the English county of Norfolk.^[1] The windmill is situated in the yard of Hill House Farm along with a house and assorted farm buildings. The mill is now in a state of disuse. The mill tower was made a Grade II listed building in 1951.^[2]

Description

This tall mill was built in 1824.^[3] The tower mill 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 top to bottom with three windows on the south elevation. At its crown there is a Sawtooth cornice in brickwork, below curb track. 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.

History

In kelly’s Directory for Cambridgeshire, Norfolk & Suffolk of 1883, Ingleborough towermill is listed as being in the ownership of William Judd,^[4] a miller, baker and farmer. In Kelly's Directory of 1904, the proprietor was Henry Fretwell, a corn miller and the mill was said to powered by both wind & steam.

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