Repps Level mill, Norfolk
Repps Level drainage pump was not a large mill and had a four storey, dull red painted tower approx. 31 feet high. The batter changed to cylindrical for the upper storey. Power for the scoop wheel was supplied by 4 double shuttered sails and the Norfolk boat shaped cap with its petticoat and tail pole, was turned to wind by a six bladed fantail. The tower was originally only two storeys high but a third storey without batter was later added, probably at the time when the mill changed from common sails to patent sails.
The pump stood in a field by the river about half a mile along the towpath from Potter Heigham old road bridge.
The mill's working life finished in 1934. In the 1950 the mill tower was standing derelict.
In the 1970's structural additions were added to convert the mill into a private residence. Additions included a white boarded band around the top of the flat roofed tower, a glazed sun lounge balcony set against the first floor and a small boarded room on the opposite side at ground level.
In 2010 a new cap was fitted. Ian O'Brien became the new mill owner in 2019 and set about converting it into a luxury holiday let. The property was once owned by the actor Roger Moore, famous for his portrayal of James Bond, hence the modern rename of Bond Island Windmill.
Repps Level mill, Norfolk
Repps Level drainage pump was not a large mill and had a four storey, dull red painted tower approx. 31 feet high. The batter changed to cylindrical for the upper storey. Power for the scoop wheel was supplied by 4 double shuttered sails and the Norfolk boat shaped cap with its petticoat and tail pole, was turned to wind by a six bladed fantail. The tower was originally only two storeys high but a third storey without batter was later added, probably at the time when the mill changed from common sails to patent sails.
The pump stood in a field by the river about half a mile along the towpath from Potter Heigham old road bridge.
The mill's working life finished in 1934. In the 1950 the mill tower was standing derelict.
In the 1970's structural additions were added to convert the mill into a private residence. Additions included a white boarded band around the top of the flat roofed tower, a glazed sun lounge balcony set against the first floor and a small boarded room on the opposite side at ground level.
In 2010 a new cap was fitted. Ian O'Brien became the new mill owner in 2019 and set about converting it into a luxury holiday let. The property was once owned by the actor Roger Moore, famous for his portrayal of James Bond, hence the modern rename of Bond Island Windmill.