Hogg Hill Mill, Icklesham
The mill in 2005
Origin
Grid reference	TQ 888 160
Coordinates	50°54′47″N 0°41′02″E / 50.913°N 0.684°E / 50.913; 0.684
Year built	1781
Information
Purpose	Corn mill
Type	Post mill
Roundhouse storeys	Two storey roundhouse
No. of sails	Four
Type of sails	Spring sails
Windshaft	Cast iron
Winding	Roof mounted fantail
Fantail blades	Eight blades
No. of pairs of millstones	Two pairs, arranged Head and Tail
Other information	The only existing post mill in the United Kingdom retaining a roof mounted fantail.

Hogg Hill Mill is a post mill at Icklesham in East Sussex, England.

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] The mill was also used as a filming location for the 1951 British crime drama film The Quiet Woman, directed by John Gilling.^[2]

Today, the mill houses the recording studios of Sir Paul McCartney.^[3]

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. It is one of only two surviving post mills in England with this feature, and the only one where this can still be seen.^[4] 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]

Millers

• John Skinner 1781–1790 (Pett)
• William Sargeant 1791
• John Sargeant 1834–1855
• Lewis Sargent 1855–1874 (Source: census returns)
• Garndner Bros 1890–1920^[1]

References

External links

• Windmill World Page on Windmill Hill Mill.

Further reading

Hemming, Peter (1936). Windmills in Sussex. London: C W Daniel. Online version Archived 12 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine