Description

GREAT YARMOUTH

TG50NW ACLE NEW ROAD
839-1/3/1 (North side)
25/09/62 Wind pump at Ashtree Farm

GV II

Wind pump. 1912. By Smithdale of Acle. Brick. Battered
circular tower with remains of weatherboarded cap. 3 storeys.
2 opposing ground-floor doorways under segmental heads. 2
window openings at first-floor level. Cap frame with sheers,
tail beam, sprattle beam, headstock and cast-iron weatherbeam.
Cast-iron bearers to cap circle and remains of weatherboarded
petticoat. Worm and cast-iron wormhangers. Set of truck and
centering wheels in combined casings. Complete curb and rack
in 2-piece casting. Fan stage, fanframe and fan spindle and
gears including capstan wheel. Striking rod Y-wheel and
carrier. Cast-iron windshaft, neck bearing block and
brakewheel with brake collar and cast-iron brake arm.
Cast-iron wallower, timber upright shaft, cast-iron crown
wheel, pitwheel and horizontal drive shaft to external scoop
wheel. The building represents the final development of the
East Anglian wind pump.

Listing NGR: TG5066609501

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26389055

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Recommended Books

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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)