The Windmill Inn Littleworth

A History of the County of Sussex records that the Windmill existed in 1909 and possibly earlier and was the meeting of a ‘slate club’ in 1916. The pub is almost certainly named after Jolesfield Windmill, an eight-sided tarred smock mill that stood in the village until the early 1960s. The pub exterior is in classic hung-tile Sussex style, while the present interior layout of small public bar at the front-left, saloon bar to the rear-right and a stone tiled drinking passage between the two rooms has been like this for over 50 years. The public bar has a rustic atmosphere with scrubbed tables, old agricultural relics, bar billiards table and dartboard. The saloon bar, in complete contrast, is a eclectic mix of bar tables, stools, tables and chairs with an open inglenook fire opening up into a light panelled oak flooring dining area with windows looking onto the beer garden. To the rear in the original building there is a formal restaurant with a double sided fire with windows looking out to the site of Jolesfield Windmill. Upstairs there are characterful Inn rooms all oozing character and recently refurbished. The pub is now independently owned and is not tied to any brewery but was previously a Hall and Woodhouse pub.