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Tower remains recorded
The site is recorded as Broome Tower Mill at the supplied coordinates.
Site overview
The coordinates identify Broome Tower Mill rather than a Thurlton mill. Broome towermill was built around 1824 close to the Yarmouth Road. It was a five-storey red-brick tower mill, about 20 feet in diameter, and the brickwork was tarred for protection from the weather.
The mill had a Norfolk boat-shaped cap, two pairs of patent sails and a fantail. Its machinery powered two pairs of French burr stones, one recorded at 4 feet 6 inches and the other at 4 feet. The top two storeys may have been later additions because their sides were vertical rather than battered.
The consulted sources establish the mill's construction, form and milling equipment, but provide little closure or later-use detail.
Map
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No site photograph is currently available. Images will be added as field visits are carried out.
History
Broome Tower Mill was built around 1824 near the Yarmouth Road. It was a five-storey red-brick tower mill of about 20 feet diameter. The tower was tarred to protect it from the weather, and the upper two storeys may have been added after the original build because their sides were vertical and lacked the batter of the lower tower.
The mill had a Norfolk boat-shaped cap, two pairs of patent sails and a fantail. In working use the sails powered two pairs of French burr stones, one 4 feet 6 inches in diameter and one 4 feet in diameter. The available sources do not provide a full ownership sequence, final working date, or detailed post-closure account, but they identify the surviving site as Broome Tower Mill rather than the Thurlton location supplied in the input row.
Timeline
1824
Tower mill built
Broome Tower Mill was built around 1824 close to the Yarmouth Road.
1824
Corn-milling machinery recorded
The mill worked with two pairs of patent sails driving two pairs of French burr stones.
Sources and records
Norfolk Mills entry for Broome tower windmill
Windmill World entry for Broome tower mill
Windmill World entry for Broome tower mill