Blackdown Mill, Punnetts Town
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Blackdown Mill or Cherry Clack Mill (TQ 627 209 ) is a grade II listed[1] smock mill at Punnetts Town, Sussex, England which has been restored.
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[edit] History
Blackdown Mill, was originally built at Three Chimneys, Biddenden, Kent where she was known as the Cherry Clack Mill. She was dismantled and moved to Punnetts Town[2] in 1859 to replace a post mill that had burnt down.[3] The move was done by Neve's, the Heathfield millwrights.[4] The mill was working by wind until the 1920s[5]when the mill became unable to turn to wind due to a broken curb. The mill was stripped of machinery and the cap and sails removed in by Neve's in 1933.[3]
In 1946, Archie Dallaway decided to restore the mill back to working order. A new cap, of a different design to the original was built. A new fantail fitted, and the windshaft from Staplecross Mill, which was demolished in 1951, was fitted.[3] Four new sails were made and fitted in 1972. Two pairs of millstones were installed. One pair coming from a watermill at Polegate.[4] A third pair of stones was added later.[3]
[edit] Description
Blackdown Mill is a three storey smock mill on a single storey brick base. It originally had Kentish style cap, winded by a fantail. When last working for trade she had fourPatent sails sails. The mill drove two pairs of overdrift millstones, with a third pair worked by engine. A saw was also worked by the mill.[3]
As restored, a beehive cap clad in aluminium is now carried, and the sails are now Common sails. The sails are 26-foot-6-inch (8.08 m) long and 5-foot-3-inch (1.60 m) wide. The cap is winded by a 6 feet (1.83 m) diameter fantail. The cast iron windshaft carries a 8-foot-4-inch (2.54 m) diameter oak Brake Wheel, which drives the original cast iron Wallower on a cast iron Upright Shaft. The Great Spur Wheel is a replacement, built by Mr Dallaway. Three pairs of millstones are driven overdrift. Recent photos show that the mill is missing two sails and the fantail.
[edit] Millers
- Samuel Dallaway 1859 - 1876
- Dallaway Brothers (Charles, Thomas and John) 1876 - c.1910
- Demas Dallaway 1910 - 1933
- Archie Dallaway 1946 -
References for above:-[3]
[edit] References
- ^ BLACKDOWN OR "CHERRY CLACK" WINDMILL, HEATHFIELD AND WALDRON, WEALDEN, EAST SUSSEX. English Heritage. Retrieved on 2008-05-10.
- ^ Coles Fince, William (1933). Watermills and Windmills. London: Daniel, p164-165.
- ^ a b c d e f Brunnarius, Martin (1979). The Windmills of Sussex. Chichester: Philimore, p60-63, 79, 158, 190. ISBN 0 85033 345 8.
- ^ a b HEATHFIELD WINDMILL. Dallaway. Retrieved on 2008-05-10.
- ^ Sources vary as to date - Dallaway website 1924, Coles Finch 1927, Brunnarius 1929.
[edit] External links
- Windmill World Page on Blackdown windmill.
[edit] Further reading
Hemming, Peter (1936). Windmills in Sussex. London: C W Daniel. Online version
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