Horsey Windpump Norfolk #7
by Gordon James
Title
Horsey Windpump Norfolk #7
Artist
Gordon James
Medium
Photograph - Photography Digital
Description
Horsey Windpump is a windpump or drainage windmill in the care of the National Trust in the village of Horsey, on The Broadsnear Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England. The structure is a grade II* listed building.
The present structure was built in 1912 on the foundations of the 18th-century Horsey Black Mill.
The windpump was working until it was struck by lightning in 1943. It was acquired by the National Trust in 1948 from the Buxton Family and has been restored. The mill's damaged sails were removed in 1956, and replacement sails and fantail were installed in 1962. The Great Storm of 1987 caused further damage, and repair works were required before the building could reopen to visitors in 1990.
Having succumbed to the ravages of time and the elements, the sails were removed again in 2014. A restoration project started in 2016 to repair and reinstate the cap and sails, with the ambition of restoring the Windpump to full working order. Finally, after a four-month wait of unsuccessful tests in unfavourable wind, the sails eventually turned on the evening of Wednesday 29 May 2019 for the first time since 1943. This restoration work was awarded 'Building Conservation Project of the Year 2019' at The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) regional awards.
Keywords:
Horsey, Windpump, drainage, windmill, Norfolk, England, National Trust, The Broads, grade ll, black, mill, Buxton, sails, fantail,
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May 31st, 2024
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