This mill which was erected about 1820, was built on a square tower and rose above the roof of the barn, being a combination of a gallery and bonnet mill. It remained in active use until about 1900.
Not many years ago, Court farm, West Blatchington, stood in an isolated position, remote from Hove. As recently as 1928 not a house stood on the north side of Old Shoreham Road and opposite the top of Sackville Road was a signpost indicating a bridle path to the Three-cornered Copse and the Dyke.
The first intrusion into this area of market gardens and orchards was the building of the Greyhound Stadium in 1928, followed by Holmes Avenue in 1931 and Nevill Road in 1932. Gradually, houses approached the farm, from south and east, the long barn below the mill was gutted by fire in 1937, and finally in the next year the site was purchased by the Hove Corporation in order that the mill should be preserved and not swept away by the tide of buildings.
Image Reference: JG_36_023.tif
Date: 1935
Image Details: Original monochrome print
Size of Original: 184x144
Place: Hove
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