Hobb's Mill

Hobb's Mill
Hobb's Mill, May 2004
Interactive map of Hobb's Mill
Origin
Mill name	Hobb's Mill
Mill location	Horning, Norfolk, United Kingdom
Grid reference	TG 3475 1628
Coordinates	52°41′28″N 1°28′19″E
Year built	Late 19th century
Information
Purpose	Drainage mill
Type	Trestle mill
Smock sides	Four
No. of sails	Four
Windshaft	Cast iron
Winding	Fantail
Fantail blades	Eight
Type of pump	Scoopwheel

Hobb's Mill is a Grade II* listed trestle mill which stands by the side of the River Bure at Horning, Norfolk, United Kingdom. Built in the late 19th century, it has been restored.

History

Hobb's Mill was built in the late 19th century. It worked until c. 1933. Arthur C. Smith surveyed the mill on 22 May 1978. He described the mill as derelict and leaning. The mill had lost its cap, sails and fantail, but retained its machinery and scoopwheel. In 1983, Caston millwright John Lawn started work restoring the mill. The mill was listed Grade II* on 12 May 1987. Smith surveyed the mill again on 22 June 1988. He noted that the mill was then under restoration. It had been fitted with a cap and fantail.

Description

Hobb's Mill is a trestle mill. A cast iron windshaft carried four sails. The mill was winded by a fantail. It drove a scoopwheel. Although said to be the only trestle mill to do so, St Olaves Windpump originally drove one.

References

Sources

• Smith, Arthur C. (1982). Drainage Windmills of the Norfolk Marshes. Stevenage: Stevenage Museum. ISBN 0 9504239 5 5.
• Smith, Arthur C. (1990). Drainage Windmills of the Norfolk Marshes. Stevenage: Arthur C. Smith. ISBN 0 9515766 0 7.