St Margaret's Bay Windmill
| St Margaret's Bay Windmill | |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Mill location |
TR 363 436 51°08′35″N 1°22′37″E / 51.143°N 1.377°E |
| Year built | 1929 |
| Information | |
| Purpose | Electricity generation |
| Type | Smock mill |
| Storeys | Three storey smock |
| Base storeys | Single storey base |
| Smock sides | Eight sided |
| Number 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 Margarets Bay Windmill is a Grade II listed[1] Smock mill in St Margaret-at-Cliffe, Kent, England that was built in 1929 to generate electricity.
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[hide]History
St Margarets Bay Windmill was built by Holman's, the Canterbury millwrights for Sir William Bearswell. It was built to generate elictricity and started generating in June 1929.[2] The mill ceased to generate electricity in 1939, when the dynamo was removed.[3] During the [[Second World War, the mill was occupied by a special branch of the WRNS.[4] 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.[3]
Description
St Margarets 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.[2] The mill generated electricity via a dynamo and is now used as residential accommodation, a use it has always had.[3]
See also
References
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- Windmill World page on the mill
- Jump up ↑ "ST MARGARET'S BAY WINDMILL, THE FRONT, ST MARGARETS AT CLIFFE, DOVER, KENT". English Heritage. Retrieved 2008-04-19.
- ↑ Jump up to: 2.0 2.1 Coles Finch, William (1933). Watermills and Windmills. London: C W Daniel Company. pp. p268.
- ↑ Jump up to: 3.0 3.1 3.2 West, Jenny (1973). The Windmills of Kent. London: Charles Skilton Ltd. pp. p67–68. SBN 284-98534-1.
- Jump up ↑ Brown, R J (1976). Windmills of England. London: Robert Hale. pp. p108–09. ISBN 0 7091 5641 3.
