Part of the Rex Wailes collection. Labelled "Udimore, near Rye, Sussex", but in fact Old Mill, Wittersham. Annotated on reverse "Shews method of fan drive... Drive taken down the back of mill and down stairs to wheels on bottom of ladder. Peculiar to Sussex."
Text on reverse reads "Lydd. Kent. See Coles Finch facing p228. Burnt Feb 26 1900. Copy to Dr M. Dunn" Coles Finch (1933) gives Miss Goble as the source of this image. The Gobles were the last millers at the Old Mill. Michael Dunn donated his copy to the SPAB (SPAB-24129).
Wailes, Reginald (1901-1986), engineer, known as Rex