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Post mill at Steyning
A post windmill stood at Steyning.
Site overview
Steyning Post Mill was a former post windmill at Steyning in West Sussex. The mill is recorded as a post mill site in the county windmill lists. Its precise construction date, working history and demolition date have not been established.
No surviving mill structure has been confirmed at the site.
Map
Map markers and directions links are provided for location reference only and do not indicate public access or permission to enter a site.
No site photograph is currently available. Images will be added as field visits are carried out.
History
Steyning Post Mill was a wind-powered corn mill site at Steyning in West Sussex. It was a post mill, meaning that the main body of the mill turned around a central post to face the wind. The site belongs to the former windmill landscape of the Adur valley and the South Downs fringe.
The main chronology of the mill has not been established. No construction date, named miller, machinery inventory, final working date or demolition date has been identified for this site. No standing windmill structure has been confirmed.
Timeline
Sources and records
Sussex Mills Group windmill gazetteer
List of windmills in West Sussex
List of windmills in West Sussex