Hurt Wood Mill, Ewhurst
Encyclopedia
Hurt Wood Mill is a grade II* listed tower mill
at Ewhurst
, Surrey
, England
which has been converted to residential use.
that had been blown down. The post mill was standing in 1648. The mill worked by wind until c1885 and the sails
and fantail
were removed shortly afterwards. The mill was house 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.
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. The sails carried today are clockwise sails and the fantail is missing.
References for above:-
. It also appeared in an episode of The Tomorrow People
titled The Doomsday Men.
Tower mill
A tower mill is a type of windmill which consists of a brick or stone tower, on top of which sits a roof or cap which can be turned to bring the sails into the wind....
at Ewhurst
Ewhurst, Surrey
Ewhurst is a small village in the English county of Surrey.Ewhurst is located between Cranleigh and Shere which is around five miles to the north. Ewhurst has many well-known legends as members of the village, such as Eric Clapton, who is known to play at the Church of England church in Ewhurst...
, Surrey
Surrey
Surrey is a county in the South East of England and is one of the Home Counties. The county borders Greater London, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire and Berkshire. The historic county town is Guildford. Surrey County Council sits at Kingston upon Thames, although this has been part of...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
which has been converted to residential use.
History
Hurt Wood Mill was built in the 1845, replacing a post millPost mill
The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have...
that had been blown down. The post mill was standing in 1648. The mill worked by wind until c1885 and the sails
Windmill sail
Windmills are powered by their sails. Sails are found in different designs, from primitive common sails to the advanced patent sails.-Jib sails:...
and fantail
Windmill fantail
A Fantail is a small windmill mounted at right angles to the sails, at the rear of the windmill, and which turns the cap automatically to bring it into the wind. The fantail was patented in 1745 by Edmund Lee, a blacksmith working at Brockmill Forge near Wigan, England, and perfected on mills...
were removed shortly afterwards. The mill was house 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
Heathfield, East Sussex
Heathfield is a small market town, and the principal settlement in the civil parish of Heathfield and Waldron in the Wealden District of East Sussex, within the historic County of Sussex, England.-Location:...
millwrights.
Description
Hurt Wood Mill is a four storey brick tower mill with an ogee cap. It had four Patent sails carried on a cast ironCast iron
Cast iron is derived from pig iron, and while it usually refers to gray iron, it also identifies a large group of ferrous alloys which solidify with a eutectic. The color of a fractured surface can be used to identify an alloy. White cast iron is named after its white surface when fractured, due...
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. The sails carried today are clockwise sails and the fantail is missing.
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 George Vicat Cole (1833 - 1893), which is now in Bristol City Museum and Art GalleryBristol City Museum and Art Gallery
The Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery is a large museum and art gallery in Bristol, England. It is run by the city council with no entrance fee. It holds designated museum status, granted by the national government to protect outstanding museums...
. It also appeared in an episode of The Tomorrow People
The Tomorrow People
The Tomorrow People is a British children's science fiction television series, devised by Roger Price. Produced by Thames Television for the ITV Network, the series first ran between 1973 and 1979. The series was re-imagined in 1992, Roger Price acting as executive producer...
titled The Doomsday Men.
External links
- Windmill World webpage on Hurt Wood mill.