Rock Mill, Washington facts for kids

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The mill in 2005
Origin
Mill name	Rock Mill
Grid reference	TQ 128 137
Coordinates	50°54′42″N 0°23′48″W / 50.9117°N 0.3966°W / 50.9117; -0.3966
Operator(s)	Private
Year built	1823
Information
Purpose	Corn mill
Type	Smock mill
Storeys	Three store smock
Base storeys	Single-storey base
Smock sides	Eight sides
No. of sails	Four sails
Type of sails	Patent sails (missing)
Winding	Fantail (missing)
No. of pairs of millstones	Three pairs
Listed Building – Grade II
Official name	Rock Windmill
Designated	24 February 1977
Reference no.	1354092

Rock Mill is a Grade II listed smock mill at Washington, West Sussex, England, which has been converted to residential use.

History

Rock Mill was built in 1823. The mill was working at the outbreak of the First World War but was converted to a house in about 1919, using the machinery as decoration. The composer John Ireland bought the mill in 1953 and died there in 1962. As of 2007, the mill is used as offices.

Description

Rock Mill is a three-storey smock mill on a single-storey base, formerly carrying a beehive cap winded by a fantail. It had four Patent sails and drove three pairs of millstones (two pairs French Burr and one pair of Peak stones).

Millers

• Thomas Harwood, 1837
• Henry Harwood, 1837-40
• E. Mitchell, 1845-55
• S.A. Coote, 1890