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Nutbourne Windmill
Nutbourne Windmill
	The mill in 2007
Origin
Mill name	Nutbourne Mill
Mill location	TQ 07840 18863
Coordinates	50°57′33″N 0°27′57″W / 50.959113°N 0.465881°W
Operator(s)	Nutbourne Vineyards
Year built	1854
Information
Purpose	Corn mill
Type	Tower mill
Storeys	Five storeys
No. of sails	Four sails
Type of sails	Spring sails
Winding	Fantail
No. of pairs of millstones	Two pairs

Nutbourne Windmill is a tower mill at Nutbourne, Sussex, England which has been converted to retail use.

History

Nutbourne Windmill was built in 1854.^[1] It had a short working life, stopping c.1894. The mill gradually became derelict, although the cap was still on the mill during the Second World War. At some point, the tail beam failed, and the windshaft was left hanging down vertically at the top of the tower, supported by the stocks alone.^[2] The mill tower now serves as a tasting room and shop for Nutbourne vineyards.^[3]

Description

Nutbourne Windmill is a five-storey brick and stone tower mill with a stage at first floor level.^[2] The mill had a beehive cap, winded by a fantail and is thought to have had four Spring sails.^[4] The mill drove two pairs of underdrift millstones.^[2]

Millers

Messrs Reed and Stillwell 1890

References for above:-^[2]

References

^ "Windmills in Sussex p89". The Weald. Retrieved 12 May 2008.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Brunnarius, Martin (1979). The Windmills of Sussex. Chichester: Philimore. pp. 80–81, 191. ISBN 0-85033-345-8.
^ "The Windmill Shop". Nutbourne Vineyards. Retrieved 12 May 2008.
^ "Windmills in Sussex p90". The Weald. Retrieved 12 May 2008.