King's Head Mill
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.
| King's Mead Mill | |
|---|---|
 The mill in 2007 | |
| Origin | |
| Mill name | Kings Mead Mill Caldbec Hill Mill |
| Grid reference | TQ 748 166 |
| Coordinates | 50.922°N 0.486°E |
| Operator(s) | Private |
| Year built | 1805 |
| Information | |
| Purpose | Corn mill |
| Type | Smock mill |
| Storeys | Four-storey smock |
| Base storeys | Single-storey base |
| Smock sides | Eight sides |
| No. of sails | Four sails |
| Windshaft | Cast iron |
| Winding | Fantail |
| Fantail blades | Six blades |
| No. of pairs of millstones | Three pairs |
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
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
References
- Historic England. "THE OLD MILL, WHATLINGTON ROAD, BATTLE, ROTHER, EAST SUSSEX (1278702)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 9 May 2008.
- Brunnarius, Martin (1979). The Windmills of Sussex. Chichester: Philimore. pp. 56–57, 189. ISBN 0-85033-345-8.
External links
- Windmill World Page on Battle Windmill.
Further reading
- Hemming, Peter (1936). Windmills in Sussex. London: C W Daniel. Online version Archived 12 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine