Polgate Windmill

Polegate Windmill is a Grade II* listed tower mill on the boundary between Polegate and Willingdon, East Sussex.

The mill was built in 1817 and was worked by wind until 1943. It was then worked by an auxiliary engine, later an electric motor, until 1965. By the time the mill stopped working, it was becoming derelict. Eastbourne and District Preservation Trust was established for the specific purpose of buying the mill and grounds, and a restoration was carried out by E Hole and Sons, the Burgess Hill millwrights. One of the new stocks broke in July 1974, bringing the sail with it. This particular stock was only seven years old. Thompson's, the Alford millwrights, fitted a replacement stock and two new sails in May 1976. Further restoration work was undertaken in 2004, including the fitting of a cowl to the adjoining malthouse. Two new sails were fitted in 2009. Come…