Hogg Hill Mill, Icklesham

Hogg Hill Mill, Icklesham
Hogg Hill Mill, Icklesham
	The mill in 2005
Origin
Grid reference	TQ 888 160
Coordinates	50°54′47″N0°41′02″E / 50.913°N 0.684°E Coordinates: 50°54′47″N0°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.

Last updated December 24, 2022

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] The mill was also used as a filming location for the 1951 British crime drama film The Quiet Woman , directed by John Gilling.^[2]

Today, the mill houses the recording studios of Sir Paul McCartney.^[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. It is 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^[1]

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References

1 2 3 Brunnarius, Martin (1979). The Windmills of Sussex. Chichester: Philimore. pp. 47–48, 189. ISBN 0-85033-345-8.
↑ The Quiet Woman (1951) - IMDb , retrieved 27 October 2021
↑ "17th August 2005 - Icklesham (Hogg Hill) Windmill". Roughwood. Retrieved 8 May 2008.
↑ The other mill is at Ramsey, Essex, which has not carried its fantail since 1939.

External links

Windmill World Page on Windmill Hill Mill.

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