Site overview

Rodmell Post Mill stood on Mill Lane at Rodmell, near Lewes. The mill was photographed before 1912 and later stood in declining condition. By 1915 only one stone remained visible, and the site later became covered by a shed associated with riding stables.

Map

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History

Rodmell Post Mill stood on Mill Lane at Rodmell, near Lewes. It was a post mill and was photographed before 1912. The mill later declined, and by 1915 only one stone remained visible at the site.

The former mill site was later covered by a shed associated with riding stables. No standing post-mill structure survives.

Timeline

1912

Mill photographed before 1912

Rodmell Post Mill was still standing before 1912.
1915

One stone remained visible

Only one stone remained visible at the Rodmell Post Mill site by 1915.

Sources and records

Historic England photograph collection: Rodmell Post Mill, Mill Lane
Sussex Mills Group: Lost Mills
Kenneth G Farries Collection: Rodmell post mill
CP Davies Collection of Mills and Milling: Sussex index