Duncton Gate Mill, Clayton, Sussex 🌍


Clayton #2616

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(50.90492,-0.1467)


Map/aerial photo of the area around the mill

Duncton Gate Mill: Post mill function:Corn mill - roundhouse remains

Resting in front of Duncton Gate mill, c1910
credit Emmy Eustace

Notice the apparent iron bound millstone to the left of the picture, suggesting that the machinery from Jack may have already been removed when this photo was taken.

Christmas card of Jack and Jill, undated
credit Emmy Eustace

Photograph by J Dixon-Scott. Entitled: 'Old Mills on the South Downs'. Used on a Christmas card from Minna Spencer Cowper Anson, who first leased then owned the mills from 1910 onwards.

Mill ID 2616
Clayton, ,
© Alan Caston collection

Entry in Mills Archive database - #2616 - Duncton Gate Mill, Clayton (has photos)

Muggeridge Collection photos

Duncton Gate Windmill roundhouse, Clayton [2008-05-11]

Justin Brice

(1) Geograph images are licenced under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike licence
Listed Building, Grade II*: CLAYTON WINDMILLS AND THE MILLHOUSE ATTACHED (listed 1957-10-28)

Associated charity JACK AND JILL WINDMILLS SOCIETY Charitable company Website

News item: The County Books Series: Sussex, by Esther Meynell (15/9/26)
News item: Clayton mills in the 1910's (12/6/11)

Property details at Zoopla

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for information on Duncton Gate Mill, Clayton
International Mill Database Entry
name Duncton Post Mill
id 58369
description Surviving roundhouse of a post mill erected shortly before 1765 and operating until 1866 when Jack Windmill was built to replace it
drive power recent none
drive power originally windmill
mill type post mill
special construction roundhouse
function type grain mill
condition type no technique
use today storage space
map location 50.90493,-0.14678
country United Kingdom
state England
county West Sussex
municipality Clayton
city Clayton
zip BN6 9PG
street Mill Lane
logo detail windmill_nophoto
shutdown 1866
International Mill Database Entry
name Jack Windmill
id 48989
description Tower mill with fantail and shuttered sails
drive power recent windmill
drive type recent sails
mill type tower mill
special construction reefing stage
function type grain mill
condition type technique
map location 50.90494,-0.14691
country United Kingdom
state England
county West Sussex
municipality Hassocks
city Clayton
zip BN6 9PG
street Mill Lane
logo detail windmill
sails shuttered
luffing fantail
picture 137414
photographer name Willem van Bergen
website https://www.jillwindmill.org.uk/
Website link Wikipedia
construction year 1866
floors count 1
picture name GB-ClaytonWestSussexJackMill_01_ID48989_WillemVanBergen_1975.JPG
picture url https://milldatabase.org/image/137414/download


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