New Mill is a grade II listed post mill

Post mill

The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single vertical post, around which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind. The earliest post mills in England are thought to have...

 at Tadworth

Tadworth

Tadworth is a large suburban village in Surrey, on the south-east slope of Epsom Downs. It forms part of the Borough of Reigate and Banstead. The census area Tadworth and Walton has a population of 7,016. Neighbouring settlements include Walton-on-the-Hill, Kingswood, Epsom, Burgh Heath, Banstead,...

, Surrey

Surrey

Surrey is a county in the South East of England and is one of the Home Counties. The county borders Greater London, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire and Berkshire. The historic county town is Guildford. Surrey County Council sits at Kingston upon Thames, although this has been part of...

, England

England

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 which is on the Buildings at Risk Register.

History

The date that New Mill was built is not known, but is thought to have been in the mid eighteenth century. A windmill was recorded at Walton on the Hill in 1295, The earliest in Surrey. A windmill at Tadworth was sold in 1600 and a windmill on Banstead Common

Banstead

Banstead is a town in the borough of Reigate and Banstead in the county of Surrey, England, on the border with Greater London. It lies south of London, west of Croydon and of the county town of Kingston-Upon-Thames. Banstead is on the North Downs and is protected by the Metropolitan Green Belt;...

 was mentioned in a survey of the Manor of Banstead for Sir Nicholas Carew

Nicholas Carew

Nicholas Carew may refer to:* Sir Nicholas Carew, Baron Carew of Moulsford , courtier and soldier during reign of Edward I of England...

 in 1680. An Act of Parliament in 1755 mentions the windmill, which was marked on Rocque's map of 1762. The mill lost two sails in 1893, and worked by wind until 1902, latterly assisted by a steam engine

Steam engine

A steam engine is a heat engine that performs mechanical work using steam as its working fluid.Steam engines are external combustion engines, where the working fluid is separate from the combustion products. Non-combustion heat sources such as solar power, nuclear power or geothermal energy may be...

. Another post mill stood close by until 1890.

The second pair of sails fell off in a drought in 1921. The mill was damaged by a bomb in 1941 and again by a flying bomb

V-1 flying bomb

The V-1 flying bomb, also known as the Buzz Bomb or Doodlebug, was an early pulse-jet-powered predecessor of the cruise missile....

 in 1944. Repairs were carried out in 1950. Recently, concerns have been raised about the condition of the mill, and basic repairs are planned. In January 2009, Reigate and Banstead Council

Reigate and Banstead

Reigate and Banstead is a local government district with borough status in east Surrey England. It covers the towns of Reigate, Banstead, Redhill and Horley....

 agreed to spend £37,000 on urgent repairs to the mill, which had been placed on the Buildings at Risk Register. An urgent works notice was served on the owner, giving the council the authority to carry out the work itself and claim back the cost from the owner of the mill.

Description

New Mill is a post mill on a two storey roundhouse, the only such roundhouse in Surrey. The mill had four Spring Patent sails

Windmill sail

Windmills are powered by their sails. Sails are found in different designs, from primitive common sails to the advanced patent sails.-Jib sails:...

 carried on a cast iron

Cast iron

Cast iron is derived from pig iron, and while it usually refers to gray iron, it also identifies a large group of ferrous alloys which solidify with a eutectic. The color of a fractured surface can be used to identify an alloy. White cast iron is named after its white surface when fractured, due...

 windshaft. The cast iron Brake Wheel is 8 feet (2.44 m) diameter and has 120 teeth. It drove two pairs of millstone

Millstone

Millstones or mill stones are used in windmills and watermills, including tide mills, for grinding wheat or other grains.The type of stone most suitable for making millstones is a siliceous rock called burrstone , an open-textured, porous but tough, fine-grained sandstone, or a silicified,...

s in the breast via spur gearing, the Spur Wheel is 3 in 6 in (1.07 m) diameter. Winding is by tailpole.

Millers

• John May 1780 - 1789
• George May 1789 -
• John Smith 1795 - 1831, 1834
• Mrs E Smith 1845
• J H Smith 1874 - 1878
• E W Smith 1887 - 1903

References for above:-

External links

• Windmill World webpage on Tadworth mill.