Norton Marshes Windpump is a tower mill at Norton Subcourse, Norfolk, United Kingdom. A drainage mill, it has been converted to holiday accommodation.
History Norton Marshes windpump was built in 1863. It was working in September 1934. Arthur C. Smith surveyed the mill on 10 June 1974 and again on 27 May 1978. He described the mill as house converted, with a conical iron roof and retaining the scoopwheel housing. Smith surveyed the mill again on 27 May 1986 and 19 May 1989. He stated that house conversion was still underway, and that the conical iron roof had been removed in 1988. A new cap was fitted to the mill in April 1997 by Richard Seago, millwright of South Walsham, Norfolk. As of 2007, the mill was used as holiday accommodation.
Description Norton Marshes Windpump is a four storey tower mill. The tower is tall. It is outside diameter at the base, with walls thick. The tower is inside diameter at curb level. The mill has a boat shape cap with a petticoat and gallery. Four Patent sails were carried on a cast iron windshaft. The sails had nine bays of three shutters. The mill was winded by an eight-bladed fantail. The mill drove a scoopwheel, the housing of which remains. No machinery remains in the mill.
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