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West Chiltington Windmill
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The mill in 2006
Origin
Mill name Meeten's Mill
Mill location TQ 085 181
Coordinates 50°57′07″N 0°27′25″W / 50.952°N 0.457°W / 50.952; -0.457
Operator(s) Private
Year built 1838
Information
Purpose Corn mill
Type Smock mill
Storeys Two-storey smock
Base storeys Two-storey base
Smock sides Eight sides
No. of sails Four
Type of sails Spring sails
Winding Fantail
No. of pairs of millstones Three pairs

Meeten's Mill is a grade II listed smock mill at West Chiltington, Sussex, England, which has been converted to residential use.

History

Meeten's Mill was originally built at Monkmead, and moved to West Chiltington in 1838. The mill first appeared on the West Chiltington tithe map of 1840. The mill was refitted by William Cooper, the Henfield millwright in 1865. It was working until 1922, when it was stripped of machinery and house converted. The millstones went to a watermill at Coolham.

Description

Rock Mill is a two-storey smock mill on a two-storey stone base, with a stage at first-floor level. She had four Spring sails. The cap is in the Kentish style, winded by a fantail. The mill drove three pairs of millstones. The mill only has two sails and the fantail is missing. Various extensions have been made to the smock tower.

Millers

  • Hammond 1840 - 1844
  • Willmer 1845 -
  • Meeten 1898 - 1918

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