This view of the chapel from the southwest shows how close it was built to the road.

July 2021 

The chapel date plaque.

July 2021 

The former Primitive Methodist chapel, standing in Chapel Lane, was built in 1843 and later extended. The last service was held in July 1971 before closure and subsequent conversion into a house.

July 2021 

The Wesleyan Methodist chapel built in 1846, was originally known as Sutterton Fen. (It is at TF 212491)

It was rebuilt in 1877 and closed for worship in 1915. 

July 2021 

"Parish church. 1867 by Edward Browning*, in neo Norman style"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1360489 

"It was made redundant on the 9th November 1995 and then later adapted for private dwelling use"

http://parishes.lincolnshire.gov.uk/AmberHill/section.asp?catId=22217 

Peter Kirk Collection, 22 June 2002

* Edward Browning, ARIBA (1816-1882) was an architect based in Stamford. He was also responsible for the churches at Fosdyke and Snelland, Grantham National School and several prominent buildings in Stamford

For many years the principal form of pump used to drain the Fens was a scoop wheel comprising an array of flat wooden paddles rotating in a narrow slot and capable of lifting a surprisingly large mass of water through a height of a few feet (eg, the pump at Dogdyke could raise 25 tons per minute).

Initially these scoop wheels were wind-powered then steam was introduced.

By the time that diesel engine power came into use the more efficient centrifugal pump had been developed and scoop wheels largely disappeared.

This example of a scoop wheel was photographed in 1972 at Amber Hill.

It is standing adjacent to the brick tower of the wind engine which powered it.

Chris Lester, 1972

Hundreds of wind-powered drainage pumps once lined the rivers and drains in the Fens, of which this is the principal survivor.

This engine was probably built in the late eighteenth century and was taken out of use when steam powered pumping stations were introduced in the 1840s. It was originally about twice the current height and would have worked with four sails.

The wooden scoop wheel has been restored in recent years.

Location of mill: TF 229 460

View of the wooden scoop wheel about 30 years after restoration.

Peter Kirk Collection, 2002