1855
Smock mill built
The Harrow Mill was built at Baldslow as a smock windmill.
Site overview
The Harrow Mill stood at Baldslow, near Hastings, as a smock windmill beside the B2093. It replaced an earlier post mill at Baldslow that was demolished in 1855. The smock mill was built in 1855 and became one of the local wind-powered corn mills of the Hastings district.
By 1934 the mill had been converted into a house.
Map
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History
The Harrow Mill stood at Baldslow, near Hastings. The site followed an earlier Baldslow post mill, Hayward's Mill, which was demolished in 1855. The Harrow Mill was built in the same year as a smock mill, giving Baldslow a new wind-powered corn mill.
It stood beside the road later known as the B2093 and took its name from the local Harrow association. The mill was still recognisable as a smock windmill in the twentieth century. By 1934 it had been converted into a house, preserving the former mill form in altered domestic use.
The final working date has not been established.
Timeline
1934
Mill converted to house
The former smock mill had been converted into a house by 1934.
Sources and records
Sussex Mills Group windmills list
Mills Archive catalogue entry: The Harrow Mill, Baldslow
Archives Hub entry: The Harrow Mill, Baldslow
Kent Archive windmill photograph catalogue
Mills Archive catalogue entry: The Harrow Mill, Baldslow
Archives Hub entry: The Harrow Mill, Baldslow
Kent Archive windmill photograph catalogue