Herne Windmill

Infobox Windmill
name = Herne Windmill


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location_of_mill = TR 185 665
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operator = Kent County Council
built = 1789
purpose = Corn mill
type = Smock mill
storeys = Three storey smock
base_storeys = Two storey base
roundhouse_storeys =
smock_sides = Eight sided
sail_number = Four
sail_type = Double Patent sails
windshaft = Cast iron
winding = Fantail
fantail_blades = Six blades
auxpower = Steam engine
Oil engine
Electric motor since 1952
pairs_of_millstones= Three
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pump_type =
scoop_dia =
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other = Originally built on a single storey base, raised in 1858 to two storeys

Herne Windmill is a Grade I listedcite web| url= http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?pid=2&id=170736| publisher = English Heritage| title = HERNE WINDMILL, MILL LANE (north side), HERNE AND BROOMFIELD, CANTERBURY| accessdate= 2008-04-17] smock mill in Herne, Kent, England that was built in 1781.

History

"Herne Windmill" was built by John Holman in 1789, when he was working for Sweetlove, the Wingham millwright. There are records of a windmill in Herne as early as 1405. The mill replaced an earlier post mill that was standing in 1511 and was marked on Philip Symonson's map of 1596, John Speed's map of 1611, Robert Morden's map of 1695, E Bowen's map of 1736 and Andrews, Drury and Herbert's map of 1769. In 1858, the mill was raised, and a two storey brick base built underneath it. A new iron worm was fitted in 1931, replacing the old wooden one.cite book | first = William| last = Coles Finch| year = 1933| title = Watermills and Windmills| pages = p221-222| publisher = C W Daniel Company| location = London] In the 1930s, the mill was working on two sails only. Frank Wootton, the miller, sought the assistance of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB), and after Rex Wailes made a report on the mill, two sails from the [http://www.norfolkmills.co.uk/Windmills/forncett-st-peter-black-postmill.html Black Mill, Forncett End] , Norfolk were fitted by Thomas Hunt of Soham, Cambridgeshire in 1936. A new pair of sails was constructed by Hunt, the work being made possible by support from SPAB, the Duchess of Kent and Trinity House. The latter assisted as the mill was marked as a navigational landmark for shipping. The mill worked by wind until 1952, assisted latterly by a steam engine, then an oil engine. After that date, milling was done with an electric motor supplying the power.cite book | first = Jenny| last = West| year = 1973| title = The Windmills of Kent| pages = p46-49| publisher = Charles Skilton Ltd.| location = London| id = SBN 284-98534-1] Milling continued with the electric motor until 1980.cite web| url= http://www.favonius.com/herne/index.htm| publisher = Favonius| title = HERNE WINDMILL| accessdate= 2008-04-16]

Description

"Herne Mill" has a three storey smock on a two storey brick base. It has four double patent sails carried on a cast iron windshaft, housed in a Kentish style cap. The mill is winded by a fantail. There is a stage at a level between the first and second floor. The Brake Wheel is composite, with an iron centre and a wooden rim. It drives a wooden compass arm Wallower on a wooden Upright Shaft. This carries a wooden compass arm Great Spur Wheel. The mill drives three pairs of millstones overdrift.cite book | first = John| last = Reynolds|edition= 2nd edition| year = 1974| title = Windmills and Watermills| pages = p106| publisher = Hugh Evelyn Ltd.| location = London| id = SBN 238.78943.8]

New sails were fitted in 2004. These measure 33ft 3¾in (10.15m) long by 5ft 10¾in (1.80m) wide each, with a total span of convert|68|ft|8|in|m|2. The work was carried out by IJP Millwrights of Binfield Heath, Berkshire.cite web| url= http://www.bonwick.co.uk/Herne.html| publisher = Bonwick Milling Heritage Consultancy| title = PROJECT SUPERVISION for IJP Building Conservation Ltd at Herne windmill, Kent| accessdate= 2008-04-16]

Millers

*Webb
*(Job) Lawrence & Sons (John and Edward) 1795 - 1879
*John Lawrence (nephew of Job) 1763 - 1840
*Edward Lawrence 1845 -
*Thomas Wootton 1879 - 1928
*Frank Wootton
* R C & E E Wootton
*Clive Wootton 1925 - 1980

References for above:-cite web| url= http://www.millarchive.com/kent/millpeople/Kent%20Mill%20People.htm| publisher = The Mills Archive Trust| title = Directory of Kent Mill People| accessdate= 2008-04-16]

References

External links

* [http://www.windmillworld.com/millid/2769.htm Windmill World page] on the mill.