Right:

Interior of mill being rebuilt showing timber

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.

Client:

J A McDonnell, Appleton Oxford;

Architects:

Purcell Miller Tritton and Partners;

Structural engineer: Alan Gentry