St Margaret's Bay Windmill
| St Margaret's Bay Windmill | |
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| Origin | |
| Mill location | St Margaret's at Cliffe, Kent |
| Grid reference | TR 363 436 |
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| Year built | 1929 |
| Information | |
| Purpose | Electricity generation |
| Type | Smock mill |
| Storeys | Three-storey smock |
| Base storeys | Single-storey base |
| Smock sides | Eight-sided |
| No. of sails | Four |
| Type of sails | Double Patent sails |
| Windshaft | Cast iron |
| Winding | Fantail |
| Fantail blades | Six blades |
| Other information | Last new build traditional windmill in Kent. |
St Margaret's Bay Windmill is a Grade II listed<ref name=EH>Historic England. "ST MARGARET'S BAY WINDMILL, THE FRONT, ST MARGARETS AT CLIFFE, DOVER, KENT (1101503)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 19 April 2008.</ref> Smock mill on South Foreland, the southeasternmost point of England. It was built in 1929 to generate electricity for the attached house, high on the White Cliffs of Dover.
History
The mill was built for Sir William Bearswell by Holman's, the Canterbury millwrights. It was built to generate electricity and started generating in June 1929.<ref name=Finch>Coles Finch, William (1933). Watermills and Windmills. London: C W Daniel Company. p. 268.</ref> The mill ceased to generate electricity in 1939, when the dynamo was removed.<ref name=West/> During the Second World War, the mill was occupied by a special branch of the WRNS.<ref name=Brown>Brown, R J (1976). Windmills of England. London: Robert Hale. pp. 108–09. ISBN 0-7091-5641-3.</ref> Repairs were done to the mill in 1969 by millwrights Vincent Pargeter and Philip Lennard. These included a new fantail and repairs to the sails.<ref name=West>West, Jenny (1973). The Windmills of Kent. London: Charles Skilton Ltd. pp. 67–68. ISBN 0-284-98534-1.</ref>
Description
St Margaret's Bay Windmill is a three-storey smock mill on a single-storey brick base. It has four patent sails and is winded by a fantail.<ref name=Finch/> The mill generated electricity via a dynamo and is now used as residential accommodation, a use it has always had.<ref name=West/>
See also
- South Foreland lighthouse is a few hundred metres away
References
External links
- Windmill World page on the mill
