The West Blatchington windmill is situated just outside the school gates
The earliest pictorial record of it is a pen and ink sketch by John Constable in 1825. The windmill is a "smock" windmill. The name was given to this design of wooden tower mills which resembled the smock frocks worn by the millers of the period. It has six sides (they normally have eight) and is clad in cedar boarding.
Right:Schematic diagram of the Windmill
The mill ceased working around 1900 and is now restored and a Grade II listed building. If you would like to pay it a visit it is open on Sunday afternoons and Bank Holidays during the summer months.
Story of Blatchington Mill School 
The earliest pictorial record of it is a pen and ink sketch by John Constable in 1825. The windmill is a "smock" windmill. The name was given to this design of wooden tower mills which resembled the smock frocks worn by the millers of the period. It has six sides (they normally have eight) and is clad in cedar boarding.
Right:Schematic diagram of the Windmill
