Hunworth watermill is quite an old building dating from c.1750. The site is even older and goes back to at least Saxon times with milling dues having been paid since the time of Edward the Confessor.

The mill and house are integral and built of a mixture of Norfolk red brick and flint with a pantiled roof. The brown stained lucum is extremely large, being supported from the ground and have would completely sheltered any waggon loading or unloading.

The mill was disused for some 80 years and was at one point lying almost derelict.

When sold in 1974 the machinery was intact. The wheel was 14 feet in diameter and 4 feet 6 inches wide and was constructed of wood with cast iron hubs. The drive to the stones was from above, which was a very rare configuration. The only other Norfolk mills to share this configuration found so far were at Snettisham,
Stoke_Holy_Cross, Thornage and Weybourne. Possibly it is simply coincidence that Thornage happens to be the mill below Hunworth.

The mill with the Grade ll listed mill house and an acre of ground was sold at auction by Savills at the Royal Hotel in Norwich on 12th July 1974.

Since that time the property has been renovated on at least one occasion and was sold again in March 2002 for £1.2 million.

Hunworth Mill was the setting for the film The Kingfisher starring Wendy Hillier and Rex Harrison.

In 1844 John Pegg, who had been a miller at Hellesdon, built Hindolveston_towermill as a replacement for his postmill, which although advertised for sale by Thomas Pegg in 1829, had remained in the family. William Pegg had taken over the running of the towermill by 1888.

Bryant's map 1826: Mill

White's 1836: Richard Jackson

White's 1864: Robins Cooke

White's 1883: James Pegg, miller, baker & farmer, also Thurning and Hindolveston

Kelly's 1883: Charles Ruby Francis

Kelly's 1892: William Pegg, also Thurning and Hindolveston

Kelly's 1896: William Pegg, miller (water); resides at Hindolveston, also at Thurning and Hindolveston

Kelly's 1900: William Pegg, miller (water); resides at Hindolveston, also at Thurning and Hindolveston

Kelly's 1904: William Pegg, miller (water); resides at Hindolveston, also at Thurning and Hindolveston

12th July 1974: Sold by auction with machinery intact

1977: Mill renovated

March 2002: Mill sold having been advertised by FPD Savills asking for offers in excess of £1,000,000