Rottingdean Windmill, Nevil Road, Brighton, Brighton and Hove

A smock mill built in 1802 and much restored. The mill went out of use in 1881. The artist William Nicholson used this mill as the starting-point for his design of a windmill in silhouette which is the logo of the publishing company Heinemann.

Location

Brighton and Hove Rottingdean

Period

Georgian (1714 - 1836)

Tags

windmill food farming power landscape georgian (1714 - 1836)