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Post corn mill
Downs Mill worked as a post corn mill on Bexhill Down.
Site overview
Downs Mill, also known as Hoad's Mill, was a post corn mill at Bexhill. The mill remained in the Hoad family until 1965, when the body collapsed and left the trestle and roundhouse. The trestle survived until around 2009.
The site now retains the roundhouse wall and some millstone fragments.
Map
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No site photograph is currently available. Images will be added as field visits are carried out.
History
Downs Mill, also known as Hoad's Mill, stood on Bexhill Down as a post corn mill. It was a typical East Sussex post mill with its trestle enclosed by a roundhouse. The mill remained in the ownership of the Hoad family until 1965.
In that year the whole body collapsed, leaving the trestle and roundhouse. The trestle survived for several further decades, but had gone by around 2009. The visible remains now comprise the roundhouse wall and some millstone fragments.
Timeline
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Roundhouse wall remains
The surviving remains comprise the roundhouse wall and some millstone fragments.
1965
Mill body collapsed
The mill body collapsed in 1965, leaving the trestle and roundhouse.
2009
Trestle lost
The trestle survived until around 2009.
Sources and records
Sussex Mills Group page: Hoad's Mill, Bexhill
Windmill World entry: Bexhill windmill
Mills Archive catalogue entry: Downs Mill, Bexhill
Windmill Photographic Register addenda
Windmill World entry: Bexhill windmill
Mills Archive catalogue entry: Downs Mill, Bexhill
Windmill Photographic Register addenda