King's Head Mill Explained

King's Mead Mill
Name Of Mill:Kings Mead Mill
Caldbec Hill Mill
Gbgridref:TQ 748 166
Coordinates:50.922°N 0.486°W
Operator:Private
Built:1805
Purpose:Corn mill
Type:Smock mill
Storeys:Four-storey smock
Base Storeys:Single-storey base
Smock Sides:Eight sides
Sail Number:Four sails
Windshaft:Cast iron
Winding:Fantail
Fantail Blades:Six blades
Pairs Of Millstones:Three pairs

King's Mead Mill (also Battle Windmill or Caldbec Hill Mill) is a grade II listed smock mill at Battle, Sussex, England, which has been converted to residential accommodation.

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.[1]

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.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Brunnarius, Martin. 1979. The Windmills of Sussex. 56–57, 189. Philimore. Chichester. 0-85033-345-8.