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Base converted
The surviving smock mill base was converted to domestic use.
Site overview
Kipson Bank Mill at Hunston was a smock corn mill. It was built in 1801 and was operated by the Hudson family into the early twentieth century. The mill was demolished in 1919, leaving the base.
The surviving base was later converted to domestic use.
Map
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History
Kipson Bank Mill stood at Hunston as a smock corn mill. It was built in 1801 and was associated with the Hudson family, who operated the mill until the early twentieth century. The working smock mill had gone by 1919, when the mill was demolished.
The base survived after the loss of the upper structure. By 1935 the ruined smock mill base remained, with a millstone leaning against the exterior wall. The surviving base was later converted to a house, preserving the lower part of the former mill structure within a domestic building.
Timeline
1801
Smock mill built
Kipson Bank Mill was built at Hunston as a smock corn mill.
1919
Mill demolished
The smock mill was demolished, leaving the base.
1935
Ruined base standing
The ruined base survived with a millstone leaning against the exterior wall.
Sources and records
Mills Archive mill database entry
Windmill World site entry
Kent Archive Muggeridge Collection record
Sussex Mills Group windmills gazetteer
List of windmills in West Sussex
Windmill World site entry
Kent Archive Muggeridge Collection record
Sussex Mills Group windmills gazetteer
List of windmills in West Sussex