Job: Polegate Windmill, Park Croft, Willingdon and Jevington

Date:
24 Jul 2023 - 27 Sep 2023
Location:
Polegate Windmill, Eastbourne Road, Willingdon And Jevington, Wealden, East Sussex
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Willingdon Windmill, Eastbourne Road, Willingdon And Jevington, Wealden, East Sussex
Reference:
2K/32125
Type:
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Description

For Heritage at Risk 2023. photographer's note: 'Built in 1817, Polegate Windmill also known as Ovenden's Mill is a four-storey brick tower mill with a domed cap winded by a fantail. There is a stage at first floor level. It had four Patent sails or sweeps carried on a cast iron wind shaft. The Brake Wheel is wooden. The mill drove two pairs of overdrift millstones, with a third pair driven underdrift by auxiliary engine. The tower is 47 feet high.'

Content

This is part of the Volume: VF000004 Heritage at Risk; within the Series: EHC01/176 Heritage at Risk; within the Collection: EHC01 English Heritage(EH):Archive

This Job is divided into 30 Child Records
This Job contains the following materials:
Photograph (Digital): 30

Rights

© Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Photographer: Redgrave, Christopher

Keywords

Georgian Tower Mill, Georgian Windmill