Previous 2017 restoration of Halnaker windmill 🌍

With news that there is more restoration work planned for Halnaker windmill, I thought it useful to document the last round of restoration in 2017, as covered by Sussex World published on 9/10/17. It noted then that:

• work had been completed to replace the tiled exterior and repair the white cap and balconies
• refitting sails (sweeps) and the door were supposedly held off till Spring [Note: the sweeps were not placed back on the mill]
• the mill had been fenced off since May 2013 after vandals brought down an internal beam, and investigations at the time uncovered other defects including loose tiles, and a failing "spar" [not sure exactly what is meany by this term]

When subsequently linking back to that news report, Sussex World adds the additional information that the refurbishment was done by Fowlers, and cost £137,000.