Washington Windmill | |
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Origin | |
Mill name | Rock Mill |
Grid reference | TQ 128 137 |
Coordinates | 50°54′42″N 0°23′48″W / 50.9117°N 0.3966°W |
Operator(s) | Private |
Year built | 1823 |
Information | |
Purpose | Corn mill |
Type | Smock mill |
Storeys | Three store smock |
Base storeys | Single-storey base |
Smock sides | Eight sides |
No. of sails | Four sails |
Type of sails | Patent sails (missing) |
Winding | Fantail (missing) |
No. of pairs of millstones | Three pairs |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
Official name | Rock Windmill |
Designated | 24 February 1977 |
Reference no. | 1354092 |
Rock Mill is a Grade II listed [1] smock mill at Washington, West Sussex, England, which has been converted to residential use.
Rock Mill was built in 1823. [2] The mill was working at the outbreak of the First World War but was converted to a house in about 1919, using the machinery as decoration. [3] The composer John Ireland bought the mill in 1953 [2] and died there in 1962. [4] As of 2007, the mill is used as offices. [2]
Rock Mill is a three-storey smock mill on a single-storey base, formerly carrying a beehive cap winded by a fantail. It had four Patent sails and drove three pairs of millstones (two pairs French Burr and one pair of Peak stones). [3]
Washington Windmill | |
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Origin | |
Mill name | Rock Mill |
Grid reference | TQ 128 137 |
Coordinates | 50°54′42″N 0°23′48″W / 50.9117°N 0.3966°W |
Operator(s) | Private |
Year built | 1823 |
Information | |
Purpose | Corn mill |
Type | Smock mill |
Storeys | Three store smock |
Base storeys | Single-storey base |
Smock sides | Eight sides |
No. of sails | Four sails |
Type of sails | Patent sails (missing) |
Winding | Fantail (missing) |
No. of pairs of millstones | Three pairs |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
Official name | Rock Windmill |
Designated | 24 February 1977 |
Reference no. | 1354092 |
Rock Mill is a Grade II listed [1] smock mill at Washington, West Sussex, England, which has been converted to residential use.
Rock Mill was built in 1823. [2] The mill was working at the outbreak of the First World War but was converted to a house in about 1919, using the machinery as decoration. [3] The composer John Ireland bought the mill in 1953 [2] and died there in 1962. [4] As of 2007, the mill is used as offices. [2]
Rock Mill is a three-storey smock mill on a single-storey base, formerly carrying a beehive cap winded by a fantail. It had four Patent sails and drove three pairs of millstones (two pairs French Burr and one pair of Peak stones). [3]