Stubb Drainage Windmill

Stubb Windmill is one of several drainage windmills which was built between the years 1795 and 1825 by Sir George Berney Brograve. It is a tower mill, originally of three stories but later raised to four. Its body is of brick, with a cap of corrugated iron.^[2] Its purpose was to protect the surrounding marshland from flooding during the winter, allowing the land to be used for grazing.^[4] Water discharged from Stubb Mill flowed into Meadow Dyke via drains that were also constructed at the time, one of which is called the Commissioners' Drain. This work resulted in the loss of three small broads which were called Wigg's, Gag's and Hare Park Broads.

The mill was restored between 2006 and 2010, as part of a Broads Authority initiative funded by the National Lottery. The culmination of the project was the fitting of a new cedar and oak cap on 5 October 2010.^[5]

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