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Corn milling site
The five-storey tarred-brick tower worked as a wind-powered corn mill near How Hill at Ludham.
Site overview
Ludham How Hill Tower Mill is a former tower corn mill near How Hill at Ludham in Norfolk. It was built in 1825 by William Sherwood Page, who placed the datestone W.S.P. 1825 in the structure above the meal door on the western side. The mill was a five-storey tarred-brick tower mill standing fairly close to the River Ant on the north-west side of the village.
By 1971 it had been converted to residential use. The surviving converted tower preserves one of Ludham's former corn-milling windmills and should be kept distinct from the How Hill drainage mills on the nearby estate.
Map
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History
Ludham How Hill Tower Mill was built in 1825 by William Sherwood Page. A datestone inscribed W.S.P. 1825 was incorporated into the tower above the meal door on the western side, fixing both the date and the builder associated with the mill. The mill stood fairly close to the River Ant on the north-west side of Ludham.
The mill was a five-storey tarred-brick tower corn mill. It belonged to Ludham's grain-milling history rather than to the drainage-mill group on the nearby How Hill estate. This distinction is important because the How Hill landscape also contains well-known drainage mills associated with marshland water management, while Ludham How Hill Tower Mill was a corn mill serving a different working purpose.
By 1971 the tower had been converted to residential use. The conversion ended any surviving industrial function, but the tower remained standing as a recognisable former windmill. Ludham How Hill Tower Mill now survives as a converted tower corn mill and as one of several windmill sites that mark the varied use of wind power around Ludham and the River Ant.
Timeline
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Converted tower survives
The tower remains standing as a converted former corn mill near How Hill.
1825
Tower mill built
Ludham How Hill Tower Mill was built in 1825 by William Sherwood Page.
1825
Datestone incorporated
A datestone inscribed W.S.P. 1825 was set above the meal door on the western side of the tower.
1971
Converted to residential use
By 1971 the former tower corn mill had been converted to residential use.
Sources and records
Norfolk Mills entry: Ludham How Hill tower mill
Windmill World entry: How Hill Mill, Ludham
Mills Archive record: How Hill Mill, Ludham
List of windmills in Norfolk
Windmill World entry: How Hill Mill, Ludham
Mills Archive record: How Hill Mill, Ludham
List of windmills in Norfolk