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Alfriston Windmill is a tower mill at Alfriston, Sussex, England which has been converted to residential accommodation.

History

Alfriston Windmill was built in 1834. The mill was working until 1905 when a sail was damaged by a cow. The mill worked for another two years on two sails. In 1908, the mill was stripped of machinery, and had been converted into a house by 1910.[1]

Description

For an explanation of the various pieces of machinery, see Mill machinery.

Alfriston Windmill is a three-storey brick tower mill. It had four Spring sails and the beehive cap was winded by a fantail. The mill drove two pairs of underdrift millstones. All that remains today is the tower, with various additions and extensions.[1]

Millers

  • Richard Saxby, 1834[1]
  • Daniel Sudbury, 1845[1]
  • William Shoesmith, 1855 - 1866[1]
  • Thomas Harvey, 1866 - 1874[1]
  • Thomas Fennell, 1881[1]
  • George Hewitt, 1907[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Brunnarius, Martin (1979). The Windmills of Sussex. Chichester: Philimore. pp. 128–129, 196. ISBN 0-85033-345-8.

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