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Great Bircham Windmill
Great Bircham Windmill is a windmill in the United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 30 min–1 h
- Free entry
- Family-friendly
- Dog-friendly
About
Great Bircham Windmill is a named windmill in the United Kingdom. Coordinates: 52.8627°, 0.6134°. This entry is part of The Great Britain Guide, a free, ad-free, open-data tourist directory.
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Heritage listing
Details TF 73 SE 7/20 BIRCHAM MILL LANE, GREAT BIRCHAM Windmill, including attached bakery, miller's house and Humphrey Cottage G.V. II Towermill with bakery and miller's house, now in 2 occupations, attached. Towermill 1846. Tarred English bond brick, wooden cap roof. 5 storey tower, sixth storey cap, circular on plan. Cap and sails of 1976-1983 restoration. "GH 1846" stone plaque on south face. Interior in full working order, re-used and replaced machinery. Single storey red brick and red pantiled bake house attached at west with mid C19 side flue oven. 2 storeys, 3 bay miller's house attached at west, now in 2 occupations. Included for group value. Listing NGR: TF7601932673 Legacy The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system. Legacy System number: 221551 Legacy System: LBS
From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.
Protected designations
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Norfolk Coast
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Great Bircham Windmill is a Grade II listed tower mill in Great Bircham, Norfolk, England.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
The earliest record of a windmill in Great Bircham is in 1761, when miller Richard Miller made his will. The mill, which was probably a post mill, was offered for sale in 1769. In 1800 the miller, Robert Sparham, was in financial difficulties and made a Deed of Assignment. In 1804 the mill was offered for sale or to let by George Humphrey. The next miller was Bloom Humphrey, who was followed by his widow Martha and then their son George. The mill remained in the Humphrey family until it was demolished c1846 to enable a new tower mill to be built on its site. The tower mill was built for George Humphrey in 1846, a date stone to this effect is located between two windows on the first floor of…
Description
Great Bircham Mill is a five-storey tower mill with a stage at third-floor level. It has an ogee cap with a gallery. The cap is winded by a six-bladed fantail. Four double Patent sails are carried on a cast-iron windshaft. The wallower and upright shaft are of cast iron. The great spur wheel has a cast-iron center and iron teeth. The mill drives two pairs of French Burr millstones.
Visiting
Great Bircham Windmill is open daily from Easter to the end of September between 10:00 and 17:00. Coach parties by arrangement.
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 52.8627, 0.6134
- County
- Norfolk
- District
- King's Lynn and West Norfolk
- Parish
- Bircham
- Postcode
- PE31 6SJ
- Parliamentary constituency
- North West Norfolk
- Established
- 1846
- Official site
- www.birchamwindmill.co.uk
Sources
- osm: n1413650785 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: Great Bircham Windmill (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Bircham Windmill, Great Bircham.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Great Bircham Windmill?
- Great Bircham Windmill is in Norfolk, the East Midlands, United Kingdom (postcode PE31 6SJ), in the parish of Bircham.
- When was Great Bircham Windmill built?
- Built or established in 1846.
- Who owns Great Bircham Windmill?
- Great Bircham Windmill is owned by Private.
- Is Great Bircham Windmill a listed building?
- Great Bircham Windmill is officially recognised as Grade II listed building listed.
- Is Great Bircham Windmill a protected site?
- Yes — Great Bircham Windmill is part of the Norfolk Coast National Landscape (AONB).
- Is Great Bircham Windmill free to visit?
- Yes, Great Bircham Windmill is free to enter.