Hogg Hill Mill, Icklesham
Encyclopedia
Hogg Hill Mill is a post mill at Icklesham
, Sussex
, England
which has been restored.
in 1781 and moved to Icklesham in 1790. It was working by wind until 1920, when it was stopped owing to a weak weatherbeam. Today, the recording studios of Sir Paul McCartney
are to be found at the mill.
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. The mill drove two pairs of millstone
s, arranged head and tail. The brake wheel has been removed, but the wooden tail wheel is of clasp arm construction.
References for above:-
Icklesham
Icklesham is a village and civil parish in the Rother District of East Sussex, England. The village is located about six miles east of Hastings, on the main A259 Hastings to Rye road....
, Sussex
Sussex
Sussex , from the Old English Sūþsēaxe , is an historic county in South East England corresponding roughly in area to the ancient Kingdom of Sussex. It is bounded on the north by Surrey, east by Kent, south by the English Channel, and west by Hampshire, and is divided for local government into West...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
which has been restored.
History
Hogg Hill Mill was built in PettPett
Pett is a village and civil parish in the Rother District of East Sussex, England. The village is located five miles north-east of Hastings on the edge of Pett Level, the one-time marshes stretching along the coast of Rye Bay....
in 1781 and moved to Icklesham in 1790. It was working by wind until 1920, when it was stopped owing to a weak weatherbeam. Today, the recording studios of Sir Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney
Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE, Hon RAM, FRCM is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. Formerly of The Beatles and Wings , McCartney is listed in Guinness World Records as the "most successful musician and composer in popular music history", with 60 gold discs and sales of 100...
are to be found at the mill.
Description
Hogg Hill Mill is a post mill on a two storey roundhouse. It has four spring sailsWindmill sail
Windmills are powered by their sails. Sails are found in different designs, from primitive common sails to the advanced patent sails.-Jib sails:...
carried on a cast iron
Cast iron
Cast iron is derived from pig iron, and while it usually refers to gray iron, it also identifies a large group of ferrous alloys which solidify with a eutectic. The color of a fractured surface can be used to identify an alloy. White cast iron is named after its white surface when fractured, due...
windshaft and is winded by a roof mounted fantail
Windmill fantail
A Fantail is a small windmill mounted at right angles to the sails, at the rear of the windmill, and which turns the cap automatically to bring it into the wind. The fantail was patented in 1745 by Edmund Lee, a blacksmith working at Brockmill Forge near Wigan, England, and perfected on mills...
, one of only two surviving post mills in England with this feature, and the only one where this can still be seen. The mill drove two pairs of millstone
Millstone
Millstones or mill stones are used in windmills and watermills, including tide mills, for grinding wheat or other grains.The type of stone most suitable for making millstones is a siliceous rock called burrstone , an open-textured, porous but tough, fine-grained sandstone, or a silicified,...
s, arranged head and tail. The brake wheel has been removed, but the wooden tail wheel is of clasp arm construction.
Millers
- John Skinner 1781 - 1790 (Pett)
- William Sargeant 1791
- John Sargeant 1834 - 1855
- Lewis Sargean 1855 - 1874
- Garndner Bros 1890 - 1920
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External links
- Windmill World Page on Windmill Hill Mill.