Keston Windmill

Infobox Windmill
name = Keston Windmill


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location_of_mill = TQ 415 640
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operator = Privately owned
built = 1716
purpose = Corn milling
type = Post mill
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base_storeys =
roundhouse_storeys = Single storey
smock_sides =
sail_number = Four
sail_type = Double Patent sails
windshaft = cast iron
winding = Tailpole
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pairs_of_millstones= Two pairs located in the breast
stone_size =
saw_type =
pump_type =
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other = Originally in Kent when built, now in London due to boundary changes.

Keston Windmill is a grade I listedcite web| url= http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?pid=2&id=358460| publisher =English Heritage| title =KESTON WINDMILL, HEATHFIELD ROAD, BROMLEY, BROMLEY, GREATER LONDON| accessdate= 2008-06-12] Post mill in Keston, in the London Borough of Bromley, that was built in 1716 and is conserved with its machinery intact but not in working order.

History

"Keston Windmill" was built in 1716. The mill was working by wind until either 1878cite book | first = Jenny| last = West| year = 1973| title = The Windmills of Kent| pages = p49-52| publisher = Charles Skilton Ltd.| location = London| id = SBN 284-98534-1] This date may refer to Olive's Mill, Keston] or 1900.cite book | first = William| last = Coles Finch| year = 1933| title = Watermills and Windmills| pages = p229| publisher = C W Daniel Company| location = London] The mill was built to grind corn into flour. The mill is privately owned and preserved with its machinery intact, but not in working order. It is not generally open to the public.

Description

"Keston Mill" has a three storey buck on a single storey roundhouse. It had four double patent sails carried on a cast iron windshaft. The mill is winded by a tailpole. The Brake Wheel drives a cast iron Wallower, which drives a cast iron Great Spur Wheel with wooden cogs. This drives two pairs of underdrift millstones in the breast of the mill. The mill also has a flour dresser (bolter). The bolter in Keston mill has been used as the model for a reconstructed bolter in Lowfield Heath Windmill, Charlwood, Surrey.cite web| url= http://www.ockleywindmill.co.uk/latest_news1.htm| publisher = Ockley Windmill| title = Latest News 19th March 2007 - Bolter progress| accessdate= 2008-04-17]

William Ashby, the Westerham millwright fitted new sails and repaired the breast of the mill in December 1836.

Millers

*John Ellis 1838
*Thomas Ellis 1845
*Martin J Hoath 1845
*B Hoadley 1862

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= 2008-04-17]

References

External links

* [http://www.windmillworld.com/millid/2634.htm Windmill World page] on the mill.