Hurt Wood Mill, Ewhurst

Ewhurst Windmill
The converted mill in 2003
Map
Origin
Mill nameHurt Wood Mill
Grid referenceTQ 078 427
Coordinates51°10′23″N 0°27′32″W / 51.173°N 0.459°W / 51.173; -0.459
Operator(s)Private
Year built1845
Information
PurposeCorn mill
TypeTower mill
StoreysFour storeys
No. of sailsFour sails
Type of sailsPatent sails
WindshaftCast iron
WindingFantail
Listed Building – Grade II
Official nameEwhurst Windmill
Designated9 March 1960
Reference no.1190554

Hurt Wood Mill is a grade II* listed[1] tower mill at Ewhurst, Surrey, England, which has been converted to residential use.

History

Hurt Wood Mill was built in 1845, replacing a post mill that had been blown down. The post mill was standing in 1648. The mill worked by wind until c1885 and the sails and fantail were removed shortly afterwards. The mill house was converted at some point,[clarification needed] with two new sails being fitted in 1914. In 1937 four new sails and two new stocks were fitted by Neve's, the Heathfield millwrights.[2]

Description

For an explanation of the various pieces of machinery, see Mill machinery.

Hurt Wood Mill is a four storey brick tower mill with an ogee cap. It had four Patent sails carried on a cast iron windshaft. The cap was winded by a fantail. The clasp arm Brake Wheel is wooden. When the mill was a working mill, it had sails that rotated anticlockwise, but those fitted in 1937 would have rotated clockwise had they been a working set.[2]

Millers

  • Richard Evelyn - 1648 (post mill)
  • George Hard and Daniel Randell 1705
  • John Twist 1718
  • Edward Bennet 1730s
  • William Bray and William Lassam 1748
  • Jacob Lassam
  • Mary White 1843
  • David Lassam 1845 (tower mill)
  • H Joyes 1855

References for above:-[2]

Culture and media

Hurt Wood Mill appears on the crest of a hill in the painting "Harvest Time" by George Vicat Cole (1833–1893), which is now in Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery.[3] It also appeared in an episode of The Tomorrow People titled The Doomsday Men.[4]

References

  1. ^ Historic England. "EWHURST WINDMILL, THE WARREN, EWHURST, WAVERLEY, SURREY (1190554)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 18 May 2008.
  2. ^ a b c Farries, Kenneth G; Mason, Martin T (1966). The Windmills of Surrey and Inner London. London: Charles Skilton. pp. 102–104.
  3. ^ "Harvest Time". Bristol City Council. Archived from the original on 20 May 2011. Retrieved 18 May 2008.
  4. ^ "TP Filming and Other Locations - Main Pages - Original Series (Page 3) - Locations in Surrey". Geocities. Archived from the original on 26 October 2009. Retrieved 19 May 2008.