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{{Infobox building | |||
|name=Westham Windpump | |||
|county=Sussex | |||
|picture=Windpump from Pevensey - geograph.org.uk - 815288.jpg | |||
|picture caption=The Westham Windpump | |||
|os grid ref=SU87441285 | |||
|latitude=50.908 | |||
|longitude=-0.758 | |||
|built= Mid-19th century | |||
|type=Windmill | |||
|style=Hollow post mill | |||
|ownership=Weald and Downland Living Museum | |||
}} | |||
The '''Westham Windpump''' stands today within the [[Weald and Downland Living Museum]] in [[Singleton, Sussex|Singleton]] in [[Sussex]], having been re-erected there in 1975. It originally stood in [[Westham]] on Sussex's [[Pevensey Levels]]. | |||
[[ | The structure is a windpump, in the form of a hollow post mill, driven by four boarded sails. It was built in the mid-19th century in Westham ({{map|TQ640043}}),<ref>[http://www.wealddown.co.uk/Buildings%20and%20Exhibits/wind-powered-pump-windpump.htm Windpump from Pevensey]: Weald and Downland Living Museum</ref> and is marked on an 1860 map.<ref>[http://www.sussexmillsgroup.org.uk/corres.htm Sussex Mills Group: Correspondence]</ref> | ||
The windpump was re-erected at the Weald and Downland Open Air Museum in 1975.<ref name=windpump>{{cite web | url = http://www.wealddown.co.uk/Magazine/Old%20Magazines/magazine-6-1975-autumn.htm| publisher = Weald and Downland Open Air Museum| title = Windpump from Pevensey| access-date = 1 May 2008}}</ref> | |||
==Outside links== | |||
*[http://www.windmillworld.com/millid/1827.htm Windmill World] page on Westham windpump | |||
==References== | |||
{{reflist}} | |||
Latest revision as of 11:58, 26 March 2021
| Westham Windpump | |
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Sussex | |
|---|---|
 The Westham Windpump | |
| Type: | Windmill |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SU87441285 |
| Location: | 50°54’29"N, -0°45’29"W |
| History | |
| Built Mid-19th century | |
| Windmill | |
| Hollow post mill | |
| Information | |
| Owned by: | Weald and Downland Living Museum |
The Westham Windpump stands today within the Weald and Downland Living Museum in Singleton in Sussex, having been re-erected there in 1975. It originally stood in Westham on Sussex's Pevensey Levels.
The structure is a windpump, in the form of a hollow post mill, driven by four boarded sails. It was built in the mid-19th century in Westham (TQ640043),[1] and is marked on an 1860 map.[2]
The windpump was re-erected at the Weald and Downland Open Air Museum in 1975.[3]
Outside links
- Windmill World page on Westham windpump
References
- ↑ Windpump from Pevensey: Weald and Downland Living Museum
- ↑ Sussex Mills Group: Correspondence
- ↑ "Windpump from Pevensey". Weald and Downland Open Air Museum. http://www.wealddown.co.uk/Magazine/Old%20Magazines/magazine-6-1975-autumn.htm.