Hogg Hill Mill, Icklesham | |
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![]() The mill in 2005 | |
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Origin | |
Grid reference | TQ 888 160 |
Coordinates | 50°54′47″N 0°41′02″E / 50.913°N 0.684°E |
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. It houses the recording studios of Paul McCartney. [1]
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. [2] The mill was also used as a filming location for the 1951 British crime drama film The Quiet Woman, directed by John Gilling. [3] Today, the mill houses the recording studios of Paul McCartney. [1]
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. [2]
Hemming, Peter (1936). Windmills in Sussex. London: C W Daniel. Online version Archived 12 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine