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Also known as Beacon Mill, the smock mill was built in 1802, and ground corn until 1881. It now sits in the Beacon Hill Nature Reserve, next to a golf course above Rottingdean.

There are three main types of windmill in Great Britain: post mills, smock mills and tower mills.

The smock mill is of a timber-framed construction with weatherboarded, steeply sloping external walls. It was built on a brick base. A pivoting wooden top with sails moved independently of the main structure so that the sails could be positioned towards the wind. This was controlled by a tail fan.

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Beacon Hill is a Local Nature Reserve (LNR) in the South Downs National Park supporting a range of plants and butterflies associated with chalk grassland, as well as areas of scrub, archaeology and Rottingdean Windmill Link