New Mill, Cross-in-Hand

New Mill, Cross in Hand
The mill in 2006
Map
Origin
Grid referenceTQ 558 218
Coordinates50°58′30″N 0°13′05″E / 50.975°N 0.218°E / 50.975; 0.218
Year built1868
Information
PurposeCorn mill
TypePost mill
Roundhouse storeysTwo storey roundhouse
No. of sailsFour
Type of sailsPatent sails
WindshaftCast iron
WindingTailpole mounted fantail
Fantail bladesEight blades
No. of pairs of millstonesThree pairs
Other informationOriginally built at Framfield, moved in 1855 and 1868.

New Mill is a Grade II* listed[1] post mill at Cross in Hand near Heathfield, East Sussex, England. It was the last windmill working commercially by wind in Sussex, ceasing work by wind in 1969 when a stock broke.

  1. ^ Historic England. "CROSS-IN-HAND WINDMILL, MILL LANE, HEATHFIELD AND WALDRON, WEALDEN, EAST SUSSEX (1183064)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 18 October 2020.