Waterhall Mill, also known as Westdene Windmill, is a grade II listed tower mill at Westdene, Sussex, England which has been converted to residential use.
History Waterhall Mill was built in 1885 by James Holloway, the Shoreham millwright. It was the last windmill built in Sussex, and was working until 1924. In World War II it was used by the Home Guard as a lookout post. The mill was converted into a house in 1963, retaining the machinery, with the exterior being 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 fantail. It had four Spring Patent sails carried on a cast iron Windshaft. The iron Brake Wheel is fitted with Holloway's screw brake. The mill drove three pairs of underdrift millstones.
The tower is in diameter at the base and in diameter at the curb, having an overall height of to the curb.
Millers Joseph Harris 1885 - 1903 Bull - 1924
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Further reading Online version
External links Windmill World Page on Waterhall windmill.