King's Head Mill

King's Mead Mill
The mill in 2007
Map
Origin
Mill nameKings Mead Mill
Caldbec Hill Mill
Grid referenceTQ 748 166
Coordinates50°55′19″N 0°29′10″E / 50.922°N 0.486°E / 50.922; 0.486
Operator(s)Private
Year built1805
Information
PurposeCorn mill
TypeSmock mill
StoreysFour-storey smock
Base storeysSingle-storey base
Smock sidesEight sides
No. of sailsFour sails
WindshaftCast iron
WindingFantail
Fantail bladesSix blades
No. of pairs of millstonesThree pairs

King's Mead Mill (also Battle Windmill or Caldbec Hill Mill) is a grade II listed[1] smock mill at Battle, Sussex, England, which has been converted to residential accommodation.

History

King's Mead Mill was built in 1805, replacing a post mill. The mill was working until the First World War and in 1924 was stripped of its machinery and house converted. The work was done by Neve's, the Heathfield millwrights.[2]

Description

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

King's Mead Mill is a four-storey smock mill on a single-storey brick base. It has a Kentish-style cap winded by a fantail. When working it had four shuttered sails carried on a cast-iron windshaft, driving three pairs of millstones. The current windshaft is a dummy, added when the mill was converted. The original windshaft is displayed at Polegate windmill.[2]

Millers

  • William Neve 1805 - 1839[2]
  • Porter 1839 - 1860[2]
  • Henry Harmer[2]
  • 1911-1914 freeman[2]
  • Jenner - WWI[2]

References

  1. ^ Historic England. "THE OLD MILL, WHATLINGTON ROAD, BATTLE, ROTHER, EAST SUSSEX (1278702)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 9 May 2008.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Brunnarius, Martin (1979). The Windmills of Sussex. Chichester: Philimore. pp. 56–57, 189. ISBN 0-85033-345-8.

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