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Used as Roland Green's studio
The former mill was used for a time as a studio by wildlife artist Roland Green.
Site overview
The supplied coordinates correspond to Roland Green's Mill at Hickling Broad, not Martham. Norfolk Mills identifies the site as Hickling Broad Roland Green's drainage mill, also known as Chapman's Mill or Hudson-Barber Mill. It was built around 1860 and had ceased working by 1905.
The mill became associated with the wildlife artist Roland Green, who at one time used the former windmill as a studio before building a new studio nearby. Geograph describes it as a small red-brick tower mill on the edge of Hickling Broad, in the care of Norfolk Wildlife Trust and apparently converted into a lookout for bird watchers. The consulted sources establish the site identity, drainage function, alternative names, approximate construction date, cessation date and post-working studio or lookout association.
Map
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No site photograph is currently available. Images will be added as field visits are carried out.
History
Roland Green's Mill stands at Hickling Broad and matches the supplied coordinate position. The original town value of Martham conflicts with the coordinate evidence and with the named sources, which identify the site as Hickling Broad Roland Green's drainage mill. Norfolk Mills records the mill as a small drainage tower also known as Chapman's Mill or Hudson-Barber Mill.
It was built around 1860 and had ceased working by 1905. The mill later became associated with the wildlife artist Roland Green, who lived in Hickling and used the former windmill as a studio before building a new bungalow studio nearby. A Geograph photograph describes the building as a small red-brick tower mill on the edge of Hickling Broad, named after one of its former owners.
The same account states that it is in the care of Norfolk Wildlife Trust and appeared to have been converted into a lookout for bird watchers, on private land accessed with permission. Norfolk Mills includes images from May 1978, 2011 and July 2019, showing the tower's later survival. The consulted sources do not provide a detailed machinery inventory, original keeper chronology or precise closure circumstances beyond the statement that it had ceased working by 1905.
Timeline
1860
Drainage mill built
Roland Green's Mill at Hickling Broad was built around 1860.
1905
Mill ceased working
The mill had ceased working by 1905.
2009
Mill recorded as wildlife-trust lookout
A Geograph account described the small red-brick tower as in the care of Norfolk Wildlife Trust and apparently converted into a lookout for bird watchers.
Sources and records
Norfolk Mills page: Hickling Broad Roland Green's drainage mill
Geograph photograph: Roland Green's Mill
Geograph Norfolk windmills index
Mills Archive catalogue reference: Roland Green's Mill, Hickling Broad
Geograph photograph: Roland Green's Mill
Geograph Norfolk windmills index
Mills Archive catalogue reference: Roland Green's Mill, Hickling Broad