Hogg Hill Mill, Icklesham
Hogg Hill Mill, Icklesham | |
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Origin | |
Grid reference | TQ 888 160 |
Coordinates | 50°54′47″N 0°41′02″E / 50.913°N 0.684°ECoordinates: 50°54′47″N 0°41′02″E / 50.913°N 0.684°E |
Year built | 1781 |
Information | |
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.[1] Today, the mill houses the recording studios of Sir Paul McCartney.[2]
Hogg Hill Mill was used as a film location in the 1951 British movie, The Quiet Woman directed by John Gilling[3]
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.[4] 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[]
- John Skinner 1781 - 1790 (Pett)
- William Sargeant 1791
- John Sargeant 1834 - 1855
- Lewis Sargent 1855 - 1874 (Source - census returns)
- Garndner Bros 1890 - 1920
References for above:-[1]
References[]
- ^ a b c Brunnarius, Martin (1979). The Windmills of Sussex. Chichester: Philimore. pp. 47–48, 189. ISBN 0-85033-345-8.
- ^ "17th August 2005 - Icklesham (Hogg Hill) Windmill". Roughwood. Retrieved 8 May 2008.
- ^ The Quiet Woman (1951) - IMDb, retrieved 27 October 2021
- ^ The other mill is at Ramsey, Essex, which has not carried its fantail since 1939
External links[]
- Windmill World Page on Windmill Hill Mill.
Further reading[]
Hemming, Peter (1936). Windmills in Sussex. London: C W Daniel. Online version
- Post mills in the United Kingdom
- Grinding mills in the United Kingdom
- Windmills completed in 1781
- Paul McCartney
- Windmills in East Sussex