Hogg Hill Mill, Icklesham facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Hogg Hill Mill, Icklesham |
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The mill in 2005
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Grid reference | TQ 888 160 |
Coordinates | 50°54′47″N 0°41′02″E / 50.913°N 0.684°E |
Year built | 1781 |
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Purpose | Corn mill |
Type | Post mill |
Roundhouse storeys | Two storey roundhouse |
No. of sails | Four |
Type of sails | Spring sails |
Windshaft | Cast iron |
Winding | Roof mounted fantail |
Fantail blades | Eight blades |
No. 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 in East Sussex, England.
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. Today, the mill houses the recording studios of Sir Paul McCartney.
Description
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. 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.
Millers
- John Skinner 1781 - 1790 (Pett)
- William Sargeant 1791
- John Sargeant 1834 - 1855
- Lewis Sargent 1855 - 1874 (Source - census returns)
- Garndner Bros 1890 - 1920
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