Swingate Mill, Guston

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Swingate Mill, Guston
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Swingate Mill, 1913
Swingate Mill, Guston
Origin
Grid reference TR 334 444
Coordinates 51°9′3″N1°20′4.5″E / 51.15083°N 1.334583°E / 51.15083; 1.334583 Coordinates: 51°9′3″N1°20′4.5″E / 51.15083°N 1.334583°E / 51.15083; 1.334583
Year built1849
Information
PurposeCorn mill
Type Tower mill
StoreysFour storeys
No. of sailsFour
Type of sails Patent sails
Windshaft Cast iron
Winding Fantail
Fantail bladesSix blades
No. of pairs of millstonesThree pairs

Swingate Mill is a Grade II listed [1] tower mill in Guston, Kent, England that was built in 1849.

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History

Swingate Mill was built for John Mummery in 1849, incorporating the cap, sails, windshaft and brake wheel from a windmill that had been intended to be erected on the Rope Walk, Dover, but which was not built owing to fears that it would not function properly at the proposed site. [2] The mill was working by wind until 1943, when the sails were damaged by enemy fire. A new pair of sails were fitted in 1947, but the mill was tail-winded in 1959 and lost its cap and sails. [3]

Description

Swingate Mill is a four-storey brick tower mill with a Kentish-style cap. It had four patent sails carried on a cast-iron windshaft. The mill was winded by a fantail. [2] There was a stage at first-floor level. The mill drove three pairs of millstones [3] underdrift and all the machinery was cast iron. [4]

Millers

References for above:- [2] [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Historic England. "SWINGATE MILL, HANGMANS LANE (north side) GUSTON, DOVER, KENT (1336972)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 2008-04-16.
  2. 1 2 3 Coles Finch, William (1933). Watermills and Windmills. London: C W Daniel Company. p. 216.
  3. 1 2 3 West, Jenny (1973). The Windmills of Kent. London: Charles Skilton Ltd. pp. 44–46. ISBN   0-284-98534-1.
  4. ↑ "Details of mill". The Mills Archive Trust. Retrieved 2008-04-16.
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