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Sizewell
Circular Walks – Information
Walk
3 – Sizewell Common • Thorpeness • Coastal Footpath
5
miles - 2 hour stroll
Thorpeness
The village of Thorpeness was conceived as an
idea by Glencairn Stuart Ogilvie who wanted to create a corner
of ‘Merrie ol’ England’ by the sea. It was built between 1910
and 1930 with a variety of Elizabethan black and white timbered
and gothic style houses. Included in the construction was a man-made
lake encompassing several islands, known as The Meare. Here you
can hire rowing boats, canoes or dinghies.
Thorpeness
Windmill
Thorpeness Windmill was originally built by ‘Whitmores’
in 1803 down the road at Aldringham where it was used to grind
corn. It wasn’t until 1922 that the mill was moved to Thorpeness
to be used as a windpump to pump water from a 28ft deep well up
to the water tower disguised as The House in the Clouds. The mill
remained in use up until 1940 when it was superseded by an engine,
which itself was taken over by the arrival of the water mains
in 1963. Since then the Mill has been damaged by a storm in 1972
and by a heath fire in 1974. Today it is restored as a working
museum.
The House
in the Clouds
The House in the Clouds is the village water tower.
It is built on stilts, clad in painted weather boarding and can
be rented out as a holiday home for 10 people. Its’ 50,000 gallon
capacity tank was reduced to 30,000 gallons during World War II
when anti-aircraft guns accidentally hit the water tower. Due
to a shortage of steel, the repairs had to be carried out by sacrificing
some of its own panels.
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