West Kingsdown Windmill

West Kingsdown Post Mill
The windmills in 1906
Origin
Mill name	Old Mill
Coordinates	51°20′14″N 0°16′11″E / 51.33722°N 0.26972°E / 51.33722; 0.26972
Year built	Late 19th century
Information
Purpose	Corn mill
Type	Post mill
Roundhouse storeys	Single storey roundhouse
No. of sails	Four sails
Type of sails	Two Common sails and two Spring Sails
Windshaft	Cast iron
Winding	Tailpole
Year lost	1909
Other information	Moved from Tubs Hill, Sevenoaks between 1864 and 1880

West Kingsdown Smock Mill
The surviving smock mill
Origin
Mill location	Pells Lane, West Kingsdown, Kent
Grid reference	TQ 582 623
Operator(s)	Kent County Council
Year built	1880
Information
Purpose	Corn mill
Type	Smock mill
Storeys	Four-storey smock
Base storeys	Single-storey base
Smock sides	Eight-sided
No. of sails	Four
Type of sails	Two Common sails and two double Patent sails
Windshaft	Cast iron
Winding	Fantail
Fantail blades	Seven blades
No. of pairs of millstones	Three pairs
Other information	Moved from Farningham in 1880

West Kingsdown Windmill is a Grade II listed^[1] smock mill in West Kingsdown, Kent, England, that was built in the early nineteenth century at Farningham and moved to West Kingsdown in 1880. It is the survivor of a pair of windmills.