TR 16 NW 1096 - BORSTAL HILL WINDMILL - Historic Environment Record

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Listed Building record TR 16 NW 1096 - BORSTAL HILL WINDMILL

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1814 to 1977 Windmill comprising a smock type roundhouse of two storeys constructed of brick and weatherboard, and a hooded cap. it was built in 1814 by Leonard Lawes.

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Grid reference	TR 10562 65135 (point)
Map sheet	TR16NW
Civil Parish	WHITSTABLE, CANTERBURY, KENT
County	KENT
District	CANTERBURY, KENT

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WINDMILL (Post Medieval to Modern - 1814 AD to 2050 AD)

Full Description

Description from record TR 16 NW 29:
TR 106 652. Windmill, Borstal Hill. (1-4) Borstal Hill Windmill. Grade II. Built by Leonard Lawes in 1814. (5)

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
BORSTAL HIlLL 1. 5273 (float side) Borstal Hill Windmill TR 16 W 4/28 30.3.51. II 2. Built by Leonard Lawes in 1814. Smock type "Roundhouse" of 2 storeys of tarred brick built out on the west side with a platform and wooden railing over. Above tarred weatherboarding. Shafts of sweeps intact but shutters missing. Hooded cap. The Mill is occupied as a restaurant together with the adjoining moderm house which has been built on to it on the south-west side. Some modern windows have been inserted in the Mill.
Listing NGR: TR1056365135 (60

<1> Ind Arch SE England 1978 59 (A J Haselfoot) (OS Card Reference). SKE44271.

<2> English Windmills Vol 1 1930 72 (M J Baatten) (OS Card Reference). SKE41657.

<3> Windmills in Kent 1979 20 (B J and J M Turpin) (OS Card Reference). SKE51339.

<4> Windmills of Kent 1979 77-80 (J West) (OS Card Reference). SKE51382.

<5> DOE (HHR) City of Canterbury 1977 4 (OS Card Reference). SKE39967.

<6> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

Sources/Archives (6)

<1> SKE44271 OS Card Reference: Ind Arch SE England 1978 59 (A J Haselfoot).
<2> SKE41657 OS Card Reference: English Windmills Vol 1 1930 72 (M J Baatten).
<3> SKE51339 OS Card Reference: Windmills in Kent 1979 20 (B J and J M Turpin).
<4> SKE51382 OS Card Reference: Windmills of Kent 1979 77-80 (J West).
<5> SKE39967 OS Card Reference: DOE (HHR) City of Canterbury 1977 4.
<6>XY SKE16160 Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #23060 Windmill, ]