West Kingsdown Post Mill | |
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![]() The windmills in 1906 | |
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Origin | |
Mill name | Old Mill |
Coordinates | 51°20′14″N 0°16′11″E / 51.33722°N 0.26972°E |
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 | |
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![]() The surviving smock mill | |
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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.
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