The village of Thornham is on the north Norfolk coast, about four miles from Hunstanton. Among the salt marshes there is the remains of an ancient port. It includes this 300-year-old building which was used until 1914 to unload coal brought down the coast from Newcastle. The coal was stored in this barn at the side of the creek. Much to my surprise the building is not listed by English Heritage.

According to the Eastern Daily Press, the coal barn was last served in 1914 by the Jessie Mary, a 100-ton twin-masted cargo ship. Owned by Nathaniel Woods, who is commemorated on a plaque in the lych gate of the village church, the ship would sail from Thornham with a cargo of grain, and return with a cargo of coal. But by 1914 it had become cheaper to move the coal by train to nearby stations such as Hunstanton, and then by horse-drawn wagon to Thornham. Since then, the barn has been used as a store, and there have been proposals to turn it into an art studio. But the plans did not come to fruition.

Sadly, the building is gradually falling into a state of disrepair.

(Information courtesy of the Eastern Daily Press).

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