Hogg Hill Mill, Icklesham

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Hogg Hill Mill (TQ 888 160 50°54′47″N 0°41′02″E / 50.913, 0.684) is a post mill at Icklesham, Sussex, England which has been restored.

Contents 1 History 2 Description 3 Millers 4 References 5 External links 6 Further reading

[edit] History

Hogg Hill Mill was built in Pett in 1781 and moved to Icklesham in 1790. It was working by wind until 1920, when it was stopped owing to a weak weatherbeam.^[1] Today, the recording studios of Sir Paul McCartney are to be found at the mill.^[2]

[edit] Description

Hogg Hill Mill is a post mill on a two storey roundhouse. It has four spring sails carried on a cast iron windshaft and is winded by a roof mounted fantail, one of only two surviving post mills in England with this feature, and the only one where this can still be seen.^[3] The mill drove two pairs of millstones, arranged head and tail. The brake wheel has been removed, but the wooden tail wheel is of clasp arm construction.^[1]

[edit] Millers

• John Skinner 1781 - 1790 (Pett)
• William Sargeant 1791
• John Sargeant 1834 - 1855
• Lewis Sargean 1855 - 1874
• Garndner Bros 1890 - 1920

References for above:-^[1]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Windmill World Page on Windmill Hill Mill.

[edit] Further reading

Hemming, Peter (1936). Windmills in Sussex. London: C W Daniel.  Online version

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