Hogg Hill Mill, Icklesham

Hogg Hill Mill, Icklesham

The mill in 2005
Origin
Mill location TQ 888 160
50°54′47″N 0°41′02″E / 50.913°N 0.684°E / 50.913; 0.684
Year built 1781
Information
Purpose Corn mill
Type Post mill
Roundhouse storeys Two storey roundhouse
Number of sails Four
Type of sails Spring sails
Windshaft Cast iron
Winding Roof mounted fantail
Fantail blades Eight blades
Number of pairs of millstones Two pairs, arranged Head and Tail
Other information The only existing post mill in the United Kingdom retaining a roof mounted fantail.

Hogg Hill Mill is a post mill at Icklesham, Sussex, England which has been restored.

History

Hogg Hill Mill was built in Pett in 1781 and moved to Icklesham in 1790. It was working by wind until 1920, when it was stopped owing to a weak weatherbeam.[1] Today, the recording studios of Sir Paul McCartney are to be found at the mill.[2]

Description

For an explanation of the various pieces of machinery, see Mill machinery.

Hogg Hill Mill is a post mill on a two storey roundhouse. It has four spring sails carried on a cast iron windshaft and is winded by a roof mounted fantail, one of only two surviving post mills in England with this feature, and the only one where this can still be seen.[3] The mill drove two pairs of millstones, arranged head and tail. The brake wheel has been removed, but the wooden tail wheel is of clasp arm construction.[1]

Millers

References for above:-[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Brunnarius, Martin (1979). The Windmills of Sussex. Chichester: Philimore. pp. 47–48, 189. ISBN 0-85033-345-8.
  2. "17th August 2005 - Icklesham (Hogg Hill) Windmill". Roughwood. Retrieved 2008-05-08.
  3. The other mill is at Ramsey, Essex, which has not carried its fantail since 1939

External links

Further reading

Hemming, Peter (1936). Windmills in Sussex. London: C W Daniel.  Online version

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