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Base converted
The original Town Mill base survived and was converted to domestic use as the Round House.
Site overview
Lewes Town Mill was a smock corn mill built in 1802 by public subscription. It stood in Lewes until 1819, when the smock was dismantled and moved to a new site near the later Lewes Prison. The original Town Mill base survived and has been converted to domestic use as the Round House.
Map
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History
Lewes Town Mill was built in 1802 as a smock corn mill. It was known as the Public Subscription Windmill and stood in Lewes during the early nineteenth century. William Smart and his family were associated with the mill.
In 1819 the smock was dismantled and moved to a new site near the later Lewes Prison, where it became known as Smart's Mill or Shelley's Mill. The base of the original Town Mill survived after the removal of the smock. It was later converted to domestic use as the Round House, preserving the lower structure of the former mill within Lewes.
Timeline
1802
Town Mill built
Lewes Town Mill was built as a public subscription smock corn mill.
1819
Smock moved
The smock was dismantled and moved to a new site near the later Lewes Prison.
Sources and records
Windmill World site entry
Mills Archive mill database entry
Friends of Lewes Round House leaflet
List of windmills in East Sussex
Kiddle list of East Sussex windmills
Mills Archive mill database entry
Friends of Lewes Round House leaflet
List of windmills in East Sussex
Kiddle list of East Sussex windmills