Repps Level drainage pump was not a large mill and had a four storey, dull red painted tower approx. 31 feet high. The batter changed to cylindrical for the upper storey. Power for the scoop wheel was supplied by 4 double shuttered sails and the Norfolk boat shaped cap with its petticoat and tail pole, was turned to wind by a six bladed fantail. The two was originally only two storeys high but a third storey without batter was later added, probably at the time when the mill changed from common sails to patent sails.
The pump stood in a field by the river about half a mile along the towpath from Potter Heigham old road bridge.

The property was once owned by the actor Roger Moore, famous for his portrayal of James Bond - hence the modern rename of Bond Island Windmill.

After the end of its working life, structural additions were added to convert the mill into a private residence.
Additions included a white boarded band around the top of the flat roofed tower, a glazed sun lounge balcony set against the first floor and a small boarded room on the opposite side at ground level.

1920: Mill working

1934: Mill not working and becoming derelict

1950: Mill tower standing derelict

c.1970: Mill converted to a private dwelling

2010: New cap fitted

2019: Ian O'Brien

2021: Mill in use as a luxury holiday let under the name Bond Island Windmill

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