Nutbourne Windmill

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|caption = The mill in 2007

|name_of_mill = Nutbourne Mill

|location_of_mill = {{oscoor|TQ 07840 18863}}

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|operator = Nutbourne Vineyards

|built = 1854

|purpose = Corn mill

|type = Tower mill

|storeys = Five storeys

|sail_number = Four sails

|sail_type = Spring sails

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|winding = Fantail

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

History

Nutbourne Windmill was built in 1854.{{cite web| url= http://theweald.org/bk.asp?bookid=wind089&xid=N&xnm=1| publisher =The Weald| title = Windmills in Sussex p89| access-date= 2008-05-12}} 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.{{cite book | first = Martin| last = Brunnarius| year = 1979| title = The Windmills of Sussex| pages = 80–81, 191| publisher = Philimore| location = Chichester| isbn= 0-85033-345-8}} The mill tower now serves as a tasting room and shop for Nutbourne vineyards.{{cite web| url= http://www.nutbournevineyards.com/vine.html| publisher =Nutbourne Vineyards| title = The Windmill Shop| access-date= 2008-05-12}}

Description

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Nutbourne Windmill is a five-storey brick and stone tower mill with a stage at first floor level. The mill had a beehive cap, winded by a fantail and is thought to have had four Spring sails.{{cite web| url= http://theweald.org/bk.asp?bookid=wind090&xid=N&xnm=1| publisher =The Weald| title = Windmills in Sussex p90| access-date= 2008-05-12}} The mill drove two pairs of underdrift millstones.

Millers

Messrs Reed and Stillwell 1890

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References

External links

[http://www.windmillworld.com/millid/2574.htm Windmill World] Page on Nutbourne windmill.