Horning Ferry
smock
drainage pump
River Bure



c.1914
c.1914

Horning Ferry mill was a smock drainage pump built by England's of Ludham c.1880. The original tower was made of tarred weatherboard with a white cap and double shuttered sails. It stood on the bank of the River Bure and became a well known landmark.

c.1926 c.1930
c.1926
c.1930

1938
1938

After the pump ceased working, it was converted into a house that doesn't bear any real resemblance to the original structure. The upper section is flared and almost Dutch-like and sits on a boarded single storey base. The boat shaped cap hold 4 dummy sails and a fantail.

17th May 1977
17th May 1977

O. S. Map 1905
O. S. Map 1905
Windpump upper centre
Courtesy of NLS map images

c.1880: Smock windpump erected

O.S. map 1905: Windpump

1935: Windpump converted into a dwelling by H. P. E. Neave

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