King's Head Mill, Battle

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The mill in 2007
The mill in 2007

King's Head Mill or Caldbec Hill Mill (TQ 748 166 50°55′19″N 0°29′10″E / 50.922, 0.486is a grade II listed[1] smock mill at Battle, Sussex, England which has been converted to residential accommodation.

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[edit] History

King's Head Mill was built in 1805, replacing a post mill. The mill was working until the First World War and in 1924 was stripped of its machinery and house converted. The work was done by Neve's, the Heathfield millwrights.[2]

[edit] Description

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

King's Head Mill is a four storey smock mill on a single storey brick base. It has a Kentish style cap winded by a fantail. When working it had four shuttered sails carried on a cast iron windshaft, driving three pairs of millstones. The current windshaft is a dummy, added when the mill was converted. The original windshaft is displayed at Polegate windmill.[2]

[edit] Millers

  • William Neve 1805 - 1839
  • Porter 1839 - 1860
  • Henry Harmer
  • Jenner - WWI

References for above:-[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ THE OLD MILL, WHATLINGTON ROAD, BATTLE, ROTHER, EAST SUSSEX. English Heritage. Retrieved on 2008-05-09.
  2. ^ a b c Brunnarius, Martin (1979). The Windmills of Sussex. Chichester: Philimore, p56-57, 189. ISBN 0 85033 345 8. 

[edit] External links

[edit] Further reading

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

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