Hogg Hill Mill, Icklesham

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The mill in 2005
The mill in 2005

Hogg Hill Mill (TQ 888 160 50°54′47″N 0°41′02″E / 50.913, 0.684) is a post mill at Icklesham, Sussex, England which has been restored.

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[edit] 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]

[edit] 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]

[edit] Millers

  • John Skinner 1781 - 1790 (Pett)
  • William Sargeant 1791
  • John Sargeant 1834 - 1855
  • Lewis Sargean 1855 - 1874
  • Garndner Bros 1890 - 1920

References for above:-[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c Brunnarius, Martin (1979). The Windmills of Sussex. Chichester: Philimore, p47-48, 189. ISBN 0 85033 345 8. 
  2. ^ 17th August 2005 - Icklesham (Hogg Hill) Windmill. Roughwood. Retrieved on 2008-05-08.
  3. ^ The other mill is at Ramsey, Essex, which has not carried its fantail since 1939

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[edit] Further reading

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

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