White Mill, Sandwich

Infobox Windmill
name = White Mill, Sandwich


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operator = Kent County Council
built = 1760
purpose = Corn mill
type = Smock mill
storeys = Three storey smock
base_storeys = Single storey base
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smock_sides = Eight sided
sail_number = Four
sail_type = Spring Sails
windshaft = Cast iron
winding = Fantail
fantail_blades = Six bladed
auxpower = Engine
pairs_of_millstones= Two pairs driven by wind, third pair driven by engine
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White mill is a Smock mill in Sandwich, Kent, England that was built in 1760. It has been restored and is open to the public.

History

"White mill" was built in 1760. It was marked on Andrews, Drury and Herbert's map of 1769 and the 1819-43 Ordnance Survey map. The mill was worked by the Stanley family for many years.cite book | first = William| last = Coles Finch| year = 1933| title = Watermills and Windmills| pages = p271-72| publisher = C W Daniel Company| location = London] . The mill was last worked by wind in 1926. From then until 1957cite web| url= http://www.whitemill.open-sandwich.co.uk/| publisher = White Mill Rural Heritage Centre| title = Welcome to White Mill Rural Heritage Centre| accessdate= 2008-04-19] it was being worked by a convert|28|hp|kW oil engine. The mill was repaired in the 1960s by Vincent Pargeter, before he beame a professional millwright. A pair of sails from the demolished windmill at Wingham was erected on the mill. The work was financed by Vincent himself initially, but in 1964 the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings gave a grant for the purchase of materials to repair the mill with. The mill was acquired by Sandwich Borough Council in 1968, and later passed into the ownership of Kent County Council.cite book | first = Jenny| last = West| year = 1973| title = The Windmills of Kent| pages = p68-71| publisher = Charles Skilton Ltd.| location = London| id = SBN 284-98534-1]

Description

"White mill" is a three storey smock mill on a single storey brick base. It has four spring sails. The mill is winded by a fantail. The mill drove two pairs of millstones, with a third pair being driven by an engine. Much of the machinery is wood, including the Brake Wheel , Wallower, Great Spur Wheel and Stone Nuts. The millstones are overdrift.cite web| url= http://www.whitemill.open-sandwich.co.uk/mill.htm| publisher = The Mills White Mill Rural Heritage Centre | title = White Mill: The Windmill & Machinery| accessdate= 2008-04-19]

Gallery

Millers

*Thomas Stanley 1878
*Stanley Brothers
*Albert Stanley - 1952References for above:-

References

External links

* [http://www.windmillworld.com/millid/2786.htm Windmill World page] on the mill.