Alfriston Windmill facts for kids
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Alfriston Mill c1905
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Mill name | Alfriston Mill |
Coordinates | 50°48′14″N 0°09′11″E / 50.804°N 0.153°E |
Operator(s) | Private |
Year built | 1834 |
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Purpose | Corn mill |
Type | Tower mill |
Storeys | Three storeys |
No. of sails | Four sails |
Type of sails | Spring sails |
Winding | Fantail |
Fantail blades | Six blades |
No. of pairs of millstones | Two pairs |
Alfriston Windmill is a tower mill at Alfriston, Sussex, England which has been converted to residential accommodation.
History
Alfriston Windmill was built in 1834. The mill was working until 1905 when a sail was damaged by a cow. The mill worked for another two years on two sails. In 1908, the mill was stripped of machinery, and had been converted into a house by 1910.
Description
Alfriston Windmill is a three-storey brick tower mill. It had four Spring sails and the beehive cap was winded by a fantail. The mill drove two pairs of underdrift millstones. All that remains today is the tower, with various additions and extensions.
Millers
- Richard Saxby 1834
- Daniel Sudbury 1845
- William Shoesmith 1855 - 1866
- Thomas Harvey 1866 - 1874
- Thomas Fennell 1881
- George Hewitt - 1907
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