Waterhall Mill, also known as Westdene Windmill, is a

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Westdene Westdene is an area of the city of Brighton and Hove, East Sussex. It is an affluent northern suburb of the city, west of Patcham, the A23 road, A23 (London Road) and the Brighton Main Line, London to Brighton railway line, north of Withdean ...

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which has been converted to residential use.

History

''Waterhall Mill'' was built in 1885 by James Holloway, the Shoreham

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. It was the last windmill built in Sussex, and was working until 1924. In World War II it was used by the

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as a lookout post. The mill was converted into a house in 1963, retaining the machinery and externally restored. New sweeps (Sussex dialect for sails) were erected in 1972 The cap was partly rebuilt and new sweeps erected following a lightning strike in December 1990.

Description

''Waterhall Mill'' is a four-storey brick tower mill with a domed cap winded by a five-bladed

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. It had four Spring Patent sails carried on a

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Windshaft. The iron Brake Wheel is fitted with Holloways screw brake. The mill drove three pairs of underdrift

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s. The tower is diameter at the base and diameter at the curb, having an overall height to to the curb.

Millers

*Joseph Harris 1885 - 1903 *Bull - 1924 References for above:-

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External links

Windmill World
Page on Waterhall windmill.