framing.

Below right: The mill in the landccape.

introduce horizontal wind bracing and this was provided by 600 m2 of pitch pine floor boarding. The framing is clad internally and externally with softwood weather boarding, with the beams and posts of the frame and floor joists exposed internally. The framing matches the original as far as possible within the constraints mentioned previously. Salvaged and second hand materials were used as far as possible in the reconstruction.

Some 20th century alterations were not incorporated in the reconstruction. The plastic weather boarding and windows were replaced by traditional timber boarding and centrally pivoted timber casements. The lucam on the front elevation of the mill has been reinstated to match the original.

Buxton Mill re-opened to the public in April 1992. The Mill is such an important building in the context of the village of Buxton that its loss, as in the case of so many Norfolk watermills, would have been a tragedy to the community.

All those involved in the process of restoring this building believe they had been uniquely privileged to be involved in the preservation of a small piece of Norfolk’s industrial architectural heritage.

Structural engineer: Alan Gentry