Hogg Hill Mill, Icklesham

Infobox Windmill
name = Hogg Hill Mill, Icklesham


caption = The mill in 2005
name_of_mill =
location_of_mill = TQ 888 160
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built = 1781
purpose = Corn mill
type = Post mill
storeys =
base_storeys =
roundhouse_storeys = Two storey roundhouse
smock_sides =
sail_number = Four
sail_type = Spring sails
windshaft = Cast iron
winding = Roof mounted fantail
fantail_blades = Eight blades
auxpower =
pairs_of_millstones= Two pairs, arranged Head and Tail
stone_size =
saw_type =
pump_type =
scoop_dia =
lost =
other = The only existing post mill in the United Kingdom retaining a roof mounted fantail.

Hogg Hill Mill is a post mill at Icklesham, Sussex, England which has been restored.

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.cite book | first = Martin| last = Brunnarius| year = 1979| title = The Windmills of Sussex| pages = p47-48, 189| publisher = Philimore| location = Chichester| id= ISBN 0 85033 345 8] Today, the recording studios of Sir Paul McCartney are to be found at the mill.cite web| url= http://www.roughwood.net/PhotoAlbum/2005%20Album/IckleshamWindmill2005.htm| publisher =Roughwood| title = 17th August 2005 - Icklesham (Hogg Hill) Windmill| accessdate= 2008-05-08]

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.The other mill is at Ramsey, Essex, which has not carried its fantail since 1939] 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.

Millers

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

References for above:-

References

External links

* [http://www.windmillworld.com/millid/2725.htm Windmill World] Page on Windmill Hill Mill.

Further reading

cite book | first = Peter| last = Hemming| year = 1936| title = Windmills in Sussex| publisher = C W Daniel| location = London [http://theweald.org/bk.asp?BookId=wind900&xid=A&xnm=1 Online version]