Upper Mill is a
Grade II listed
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house converted smock mill in
Eastry
Eastry is a civil parish in Kent, England, around southwest of Sandwich. It was voted "Kent Village of the Year 2005".
The name is derived from the Old English ''Ēast- rige'', meaning "eastern province" (c.f. '' Sūþ-rige'' "southern provinc ...
,
Kent
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, England. It was built in the mid eighteenth century.
History
''Upper Mill'' was built in the mid eighteenth century. A mill was marked on Symonson's map of 1596,
Robert Morden's map of 1695 and
Emanuel Bowen
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's map of 1736. Two mills were marked on Andrews, Drury and Herbert's map of 1769. Four mills were marked on the 1819-43
Ordnance Survey
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Of the four mills the fate of one is unknown. One was burnt down and the third, the Lower Mill, which was similar in appearance to the surviving mill except that it lacked a brick base, was demolished in 1926. Lower Mill bore the date 1743 inside.
The earliest confirmed date for ''Upper Mill'' is a sale document of 1770, although the mill is believed to be older. The mill was worked by wind until 1913, when the sails and fantail were removed.
[ It was worked by a suction ]gas engine
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until 1949 and then by electric motor until 1959, when the business was transferred to Sandwich
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Description
''Upper Mill'' is a three-storey black smock mill on a single-storey brick base. It had four Patent sails carried on a cast-iron windshaft. The mill was winded by a fantail. The mill drove four pairs of millstone
Millstones or mill stones are stones used in gristmills, for grinding wheat or other grains. They are sometimes referred to as grindstones or grinding stones.
Millstones come in pairs: a convex stationary base known as the ''bedstone'' and ...
s.[ The mill was stripped of machinery after milling ceased, with only the windshaft and wooden brake wheel remaining.][
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Millers
*Thomas Clark 1826 - 1845
*W Clark 1913
*Harold H Clark - 1949
*Arthur Clark 1949 - 1959
References for above:-
References
External links
Windmill World page
on the mill.
{{Kent Windmills
Commercial buildings completed in the 18th century
Windmills in Kent
Grinding mills in the United Kingdom
Smock mills in England
Grade II listed buildings in Kent
Octagonal buildings in the United Kingdom