Beacon Mill, Rottingdean

Rottingdean Windmill
The mill in 2010
Map
Origin
Mill nameBeacon Mill
New Mill
Mill locationTQ 366 025
Coordinates50°48′22″N 0°03′47″W / 50.806°N 0.063°W / 50.806; -0.063
Operator(s)Rottingdean Preservation Society
Year built1802
Information
PurposeCorn mill
TypeSmock mill
StoreysThree-storey smock
Base storeysSingle-storey base
Smock sidesEight sides
No. of sailsFour sails
Type of sailsPatent sails
WindshaftCast iron
WindingFantail
The great spur wheel on the ground floor of the Rottingdean windmill. The millstones on the floor above are driven from here.
This large wooden gearwheel is mounted atop the Upright shaft and receives drive from the brake wheel which is driven by the windshaft and sails. It was cut in half during the fitting of a steel skeleton to assist in supporting the mill.

Beacon Mill or New Mill is a grade II listed[1] smock mill at Rottingdean, Sussex, England which has been restored as a seamark. It sits within the boundary of the Beacon Hill Local Nature Reserve.

  1. ^ Historic England. "ROTTINGDEAN WINDMILL AT NGR 365 024, NEVILL ROAD (north off), BRIGHTON, BRIGHTON AND HOVE, EAST SUSSEX (1380100)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 11 May 2008.