Listed Building: KINGSDOWN MILL (1267420)

Grade II
Authority
Volume/Map/Item 994, 6, 240
Date assigned 01 June 1967
Date last amended

Description

WEST KINGSDOWN FELLS LANE 1. 5280 1.6.67 Kingsdown Windmill TQ 56 SE 6/240 II 2. Smock mill of Circa 1800. Octagonal weatherboarded structure on a rectangular base of red brick. Boat-shaped cap. Only the middlings of the sweeps remain. Fantail restored. This mill originally stood at Chinham Farm, Farningham where the miller in the early C19 was David Norton. It was moved in 1880 by his grandson, Tanner Norton, to its present site, where it stood beside a post mill which was burnt down in 1909. A stone in the foundations is marked "Minnie Louisa Norton, 21st April 1880". The mill last worked in 1928. Listing NGR: TQ5818061549

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  • Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.

Map

Location

Grid reference TQ 5820 6224 (point)
Map sheet TQ56SE
Civil Parish WEST KINGSDOWN, SEVENOAKS, KENT

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Record last edited

Jun 15 2010 2:01PM