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Nutbourne Windmill
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The mill in 2007
Origin
Mill name Nutbourne Mill
Mill location TQ 07840 18863
Coordinates 50°57′33″N 0°27′57″W / 50.959113°N 0.465881°W / 50.959113; -0.465881
Operator(s) Nutbourne Vineyards
Year built 1854
Information
Purpose Corn mill
Type Tower mill
Storeys Five storeys
No. of sails Four sails
Type of sails Spring sails
Winding Fantail
No. of pairs of millstones Two pairs

Nutbourne Windmill is a tower mill at Nutbourne, Sussex, England which has been converted to retail use.

History

Nutbourne Windmill was built in 1854. It had a short working life, stopping c.1894. The mill gradually became derelict, although the cap was still on the mill during the Second World War. At some point, the tail beam failed, and the windshaft was left hanging down vertically at the top of the tower, supported by the stocks alone. The mill tower now serves as a tasting room and shop for Nutbourne vineyards.

Description

Nutbourne Windmill is a five-storey brick and stone tower mill with a stage at first floor level. The mill had a beehive cap, winded by a fantail and is thought to have had four Spring sails. The mill drove two pairs of underdrift millstones.

Millers

  • Messrs Reed and Stillwell 1890

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