Listed Building record TR 34 SW 725 - SWINGATE MILL

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1849 to 1849. Tower windmill built 1849. It continued working until damaged by enemy fire during World War Two in 1943. Now only the tarred brick tower with projecting roundhouse on ground floor remains, the cap and sails missing. According to The Mills Archive webite the mill is also known as Guston Mill.

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Grid reference TR 33302 44357 (point)
Map sheet TR34SW
County KENT
District DOVER, KENT
Civil Parish GUSTON, DOVER, KENT

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<1> OS 6" 1986 (OS Card Reference). SKE48382.

<2> DOE(HHR) Dist of Dover 1987 7 (OS Card Reference). SKE40944.

<3> Ind Arch of SE Eng 1978 43 (AJ Haselfoot) (OS Card Reference). SKE44232.

<4> The Windmills of Kent 1979 44-46 (J West) (OS Card Reference). SKE50547.

<5> Windmills in Kent 1979 22 (BJ and JM Turpin) (OS Card Reference). SKE51343.

<6> RPS Coulston, 1993, Proposed pipeline route A1 preliminary archaeological and ecological review of the proposed aligm't (Unpublished document). SKE6817.

<7> RPS, 1995, St Margarets, Cliffe, to Brickfield Cottages, Water Pipeline: Archaeological Monitoring Report (Unpublished document). SKE7105.

<8> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

Sources/Archives (8)

  • <1> OS Card Reference: OS 6" 1986.
  • <2> OS Card Reference: DOE(HHR) Dist of Dover 1987 7.
  • <3> OS Card Reference: Ind Arch of SE Eng 1978 43 (AJ Haselfoot).
  • <4> OS Card Reference: The Windmills of Kent 1979 44-46 (J West).
  • <5> OS Card Reference: Windmills in Kent 1979 22 (BJ and JM Turpin).
  • <6> Unpublished document: RPS Coulston. 1993. Proposed pipeline route A1 preliminary archaeological and ecological review of the proposed aligm't.
  • <7> Unpublished document: RPS. 1995. St Margarets, Cliffe, to Brickfield Cottages, Water Pipeline: Archaeological Monitoring Report.
  • <8> Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.

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Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Intrusive Event: FOLKESTONE AND DOVER WATER SERVICES PROPOSED PIPELINE ROUTE A1, DBA, 1993 (EKE21256)
  • Intrusive Event: Watching brief on water pipeline from St Margarets, Cliffe, to Brickfield Cottages (EKE5241)

Record last edited

Dec 18 2023 11:56AM