St Margaret's Bay Windmill
51°8′31.5″N 1°22′35″E / 51.142083°N 1.37639°E / 51.142083; 1.37639
St Margaret's Bay Windmill is a Grade II listed[1] smock mill on South Foreland, the southeasternmost point of England. It was built in 1929 to generate electricity for the attached house, high on the White Cliffs of Dover.
History
The mill was built for Sir William Bearswell by Holman's, the Canterbury millwrights. It was built to generate electricity 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 Margaret's 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
- South Foreland lighthouse is a few hundred metres away
References
- ^ Historic England. "ST MARGARET'S BAY WINDMILL, THE FRONT, ST MARGARETS AT CLIFFE, DOVER, KENT (1101503)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 19 April 2008.
- ^ a b Coles Finch, William (1933). Watermills and Windmills. London: C W Daniel Company. p. 268.
- ^ a b c West, Jenny (1973). The Windmills of Kent. London: Charles Skilton Ltd. pp. 67–68. ISBN 0-284-98534-1.
- ^ Brown, R J (1976). Windmills of England. London: Robert Hale. pp. 108–09. ISBN 0-7091-5641-3.
External links
- Windmill World page on the mill
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