Alfriston Windmill

Alfriston Mill
Alfriston Mill c1905
Origin
Mill name Alfriston Mill
Mill location TQ 518 027
Coordinates 50°48′14″N 0°09′11″E / 50.804°N 0.153°E / 50.804; 0.153Coordinates: 50°48′14″N 0°09′11″E / 50.804°N 0.153°E / 50.804; 0.153
Operator(s) Private
Year built 1834
Information
Purpose Corn mill
Type Tower mill
Storeys Three storeys
No. of sails Four sails
Type of sails Spring sails
Winding Fantail
Fantail blades Six blades
No. of pairs of millstones Two pairs

Alfriston Windmill is a tower mill at Alfriston, Sussex, England which has been converted to residential accommodation.

History

Alfriston Windmill was built in 1834. The mill was working until 1905 when a sail was damaged by a cow. The mill worked for another two years on two sails. In 1908, the mill was stripped of machinery, and had been converted into a house by 1910.[1]

Description

Alfriston Windmill is a three-storey brick tower mill. It had four Spring sails and the beehive cap was winded by a fantail. The mill drove two pairs of underdrift millstones. All that remains today is the tower, with various additions and extensions.[1]

Millers

  • Richard Saxby 1834
  • Daniel Sudbury 1845
  • William Shoesmith 1855 - 1866
  • Thomas Harvey 1866 - 1874
  • Thomas Fennell 1881
  • George Hewitt - 1907

References for above:-[1]

See also

  • Windmills in Sussex – Wikipedia book

References

  1. 1 2 3 Brunnarius, Martin (1979). The Windmills of Sussex. Chichester: Philimore. pp. 128–129, 196. ISBN 0-85033-345-8.

Further reading

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

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