Hurt Wood Mill is a grade II* listed

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, England, which has been converted to residential use.

History

''Hurt Wood Mill'' was built in 1845, replacing a

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that had been blown down. The post mill was standing in 1648. The mill worked by wind until c1885 and the

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and

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were removed shortly afterwards. The mill house was converted at some point, with two new sails being fitted in 1914. In 1937 four new sails and two new stocks were fitted by Neve's, the Heathfield millwrights.

Description

''Hurt Wood Mill'' is a four storey brick tower mill with an ogee cap. It had four Patent sails carried on a

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windshaft. The cap was winded by a fantail. The clasp arm Brake Wheel is wooden. When the mill was a working mill, it had sails that rotated anticlockwise, but those fitted in 1937 would have rotated clockwise had they been a working set.

Millers

*Richard Evelyn - 1648 (post mill) *George Hard and Daniel Randell 1705 *John Twist 1718 *Edward Bennet 1730s *William Bray and William Lassam 1748 *Jacob Lassam *Mary White 1843 *David Lassam 1845 (tower mill) *H Joyes 1855 References for above:-

Culture and media

''Hurt Wood Mill'' appears on the crest of a hill in the painting "Harvest Time" by

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(1833–1893), which is now in

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. It also appeared in an episode of

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titled ''The Doomsday Men''. George Harrison wrote

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with Eric Clapton at this windmill in 1969 while avoiding a meeting with the Beatles' record company, Apple Records.

External links

Windmill World
webpage on Hurt Wood mill.

References

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