South Marsh Mill, Arundel

Arundel Windmill
The mill c1920
Origin
Mill name	South Marsh Mill
Mill location	TQ 013 063 50°50′49″N 0°33′43″W / 50.847°N 0.562°W / 50.847; -0.562
Operator(s)	Private
Year built	1830
Information
Purpose	Corn mill
Type	Tower mill
Storeys	Five storeys
Number of sails	Four sails
Type of sails	Patent sails
Windshaft	Cast iron
Winding	Fantail
Auxiliary power	Engine

South Marsh Mill is a grade II listed^[1] tower mill at Arundel, Sussex, England which has been converted to residential use.

History

South Marsh Mill was built in 1830. It was working by wind until 1915, when the windshaft snapped, but was worked by engine until 1922. The machinery was removed c.1941.^[2]

Description

For an explanation of the various pieces of machinery, see Mill machinery.

South Marsh Mill is a five storey tower mill. She had four Patent sails carried on a cast iron windshaft. The cap was a beehive shape, winded by a fantail. The mill drove three pairs of millstones. The cap now carried is an octagonal shape, housing the broken windshaft. The fantail is missing.^[2] Various extensions have been made to the tower.^[1]

Millers

• Messrs Dendy & Pellet 1830 - 1840
• Henry Bartlett 1840 -
• William Watkins 1840 -

References for above:-^[2]

See also

• Wikipedia books: Windmills in Sussex

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "WINDMILL, FITZALAN ROAD (west side), ARUNDEL, ARUN, WEST SUSSEX". English Heritage. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?pid=2&id=297163. Retrieved 2008-05-12. 
2. ^ ^{a b c} Brunnarius, Martin (1979). The Windmills of Sussex. Chichester: Philimore. pp. p65–66, 190. ISBN 0 85033 345 8. 

External links

• Windmill World Page on South Marsh windmill.

Further reading

Hemming, Peter (1936). Windmills in Sussex. London: C W Daniel.  Online version