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Ashurst Windmill, Sussex,

Armigel de Vins Wade (Artist)

This is a painting of Ashurst Windmill, in Ashurst, West Sussex. It was painted by Armigel de Vins Wade, CMG, OBE, MA. in 1927, from Henfield, West Sussex, which is across the river from Ashurst. The windmill was blown down in 1929.

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MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Museum of English Rural Life) – 'Description // Ashurst Windmill, Sussex. // A watercolour by A. de V. Wade, CMG, OBE, MA. // Date: 1927. // Dimensions // Mounted // 32.0cm wide x 42.5cm high // Associated information // The mill was blown down in 1929.', Press cutting [Sussex Daily News, Monday 9 December 1929] – 'Victim of the Gale // A most interesting Sussex landmark, the Ashurst windmill, was blown down in the gale on Friday night. [insert] (6.12.29) [end insert] // Situated close to the main Horsham road, about three miles north of Steyning and not far from the Fountain Inn, it was a picturesque landmark which attracted much attention from travellers by road. It had been there for several generations, and its disappearance will be very greatley regretted, particularly in view of the increasing scarcity of these old relics of past days' agricultural activities.', MERL note [on old backing mount] - Ashurst Windmill, Sussex. By Sir Armigel Wade CMG, OBE, MA. born at Henfield, Sussex. Ashurst is just across the River Adur from Henfield, Sussex.

Henfield

1927 - 1927