White Mill, Sandwich

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White Mill, Sandwich

Origin
Mill name	White Mill
Mill location	Ash Road, Sandwich, Kent
Operator(s)	The White Mill Museum Trust Ltd
Year built	1760
Information
Purpose	Corn mill
Type	Smock mill
Storeys	Three-storey smock
Base storeys	Single-storey base
Smock sides	Eight-sided
Number of sails	Four
Type of sails	Spring Sails
Windshaft	Cast iron
Winding	Fantail
Fantail blades	Six bladed
Auxiliary power	Engine
Number of pairs of millstones	Two pairs driven by wind, third pair driven by engine

White Mill is a smock mill west of Sandwich, Kent, England that was built in 1760. The mill has been restored and is open to the public as part of the White Mill Rural Heritage Centre. The museum also includes the miller's cottage, which has been furnished to appear as it did between 1900 and 1939. Other displays in the outbuildings include farming and craft tools, wheelwright and blacksmith workshops.

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.^[1] The mill was last powered by wind in 1926.^[2] From then until 1957^[3] it was being powered by a 28-horsepower (21 kW) oil engine.

The mill was repaired in the 1960s by Vincent Pargeter before he became a professional millwright. A pair of sails from the demolished Tower mill at Wingham was erected on the mill. The work was initially financed by Pargeter himself but in 1964, the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings gave a grant for the purchase of materials to repair the mill. The mill was acquired by Sandwich Borough Council in 1968, and later passed into the ownership of Kent County Council.^[2]

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.^[1] The mill drives two pairs of millstones by wind, and a third pair is driven by an engine. Much of the machinery is made of wood, including the brake wheel, wallower,^[2] great spur wheel, and stone nuts. The millstones are overdrift.^[4]

Gallery

The mill in 2008
Map of Sandwich, 1945, showing the mill.
Brake wheel and wallower.
The brake wheel.
The wallower.
The stone floor.
Engine driven stones on the meal floor.
Great Spur Wheel and engine drive.
Drive to the engine driven stones.
Drive from the engine to the mill.

Millers

Thomas Stanley 1878
Stanley Brothers
Albert Stanley - 1952

References for above:-^[1]^[2]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Finch, William Coles (1933). Watermills and Windmills. London: C W Daniel Company. pp. 271–72.
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 West, Jenny (1973). The Windmills of Kent. London: Charles Skilton Ltd. pp. 68–71. ISBN 284-98534-1 Check |isbn= value (help).
↑ "Welcome to White Mill Rural Heritage Centre". White Mill Rural Heritage Centre. Retrieved 2008-04-19.
↑ "White Mill: The Windmill & Machinery". The Mills White Mill Rural Heritage Centre. Retrieved 2008-04-19.

External links

White Mill Rural Heritage Centre - official site
Windmill World page on the mill.

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Coordinates: 51°16′46″N 1°19′41″E / 51.27944°N 1.32806°E / 51.27944; 1.32806

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