Brograve Mill is a windpump

Windpump

A windpump is a windmill used for pumping water, either as a source of fresh water from wells, or for draining low-lying areas of land. Once a common fixture on farms in semi-arid areas, windpumps are still used today where electric power is not available or too expensive.-History:Windmills were...

 located on Brograve level in the parish of Sea Palling

Sea Palling

Sea Palling is a village and a civil parish covering in the English county of Norfolk. The village is south-east of Cromer, north-east of Norwich and north-east of London. The village lies east of the A149 between Kings Lynn and Great Yarmouth...

 within the Norfolk Broads National Park, United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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 it can be found at and is approximately 1 mile north of Horsey Mere

Horsey Mere

Horsey Mere is one of the Norfolk Broads in the east of England; it is one of the more northerly broads close to the North Sea coast.It is reached by Hickling Broad and the River Thurne. The nearest settlements are Horsey and West Somerton....

. The mill is a grade II listed building.

History

The mill is of red brick construction and today lies in an extremely derelict and unsafe state. It is thought to have last worked around 1930 and was built in 1771 by Sir Berney Brograve, 1st Baronet

Sir Berney Brograve, 1st Baronet

Sir Berney Brograve, 1st Baronet was the eldest son and heir of Thomas Brograve of Great Baddow, Essex, and his wife Juliana Berney. He was a descendant of Sir John Brograve , Attorney-General to the Duchy of Lancaster...

 (1726–1797). The mill had an 8 bladed fantail with a boat shaped cap carrying two pairs of patent shuttered sails powering an internal turbine

Turbine

A turbine is a rotary engine that extracts energy from a fluid flow and converts it into useful work.The simplest turbines have one moving part, a rotor assembly, which is a shaft or drum with blades attached. Moving fluid acts on the blades, or the blades react to the flow, so that they move and...

 pump

Pump

A pump is a device used to move fluids, such as liquids, gases or slurries.A pump displaces a volume by physical or mechanical action. Pumps fall into three major groups: direct lift, displacement, and gravity pumps...

. Its purpose was to drain the Brograve levels into the man made Waxham New Cut and is one of two mills on this water course, the other being Lambridge Mill (also derelict), located about 2 miles west of Sea Palling

Sea Palling

Sea Palling is a village and a civil parish covering in the English county of Norfolk. The village is south-east of Cromer, north-east of Norwich and north-east of London. The village lies east of the A149 between Kings Lynn and Great Yarmouth...

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Today

Only two stocks and two stubs of the original sails remain and the mill has a very westward lean to it. The mill cannot be directly reached on foot. However, it can be seen very closely by following the path next to the Waxham New Cut from Horsey Mere

Horsey Mere

Horsey Mere is one of the Norfolk Broads in the east of England; it is one of the more northerly broads close to the North Sea coast.It is reached by Hickling Broad and the River Thurne. The nearest settlements are Horsey and West Somerton....

, and there is also a farm track, which is private property owned by Brograve Farm. The only way to access the mill is via boat along the Waxham New Cut, but entering the structure is strongly discouraged as it is in a very unsafe state