Listed Building record TR 13 NW 118 - STANFORD WINDMILL

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1833 to 1866 Windmill. Tarred brick. Tapering tower of 2 stages. Buttresses to lower stage, formerly supporting platform between stages. Iron cogging round top surmounted by wooden platform withboat-shaped cap clad with corrugated iron or asbestos (formerly weatherboarded). Sweeps and fantail missing. Small 4-centred arched 12-pane sashes to tower, with straight brick plat bond overeach. Ground-floor doorway to north. Built in 1851 by Holman Bros. for John Hogben by Hill, millwright of Ashford. The mill is depicted on a carving on an interior beam. It was once topped by a cap carrying four single-shuttered sweeps. These powered four pairs of stones plus two steel roller mills which were in constant use driven by wind until 1946. The cap has now been replaced by corrugated roofing. The iron windshaft is supported by the base timbers of the original cap which are still in position. The second floor timber staging, although rotting in places, still encircles the mill. On the third or stone floor, below the grain storage bins, are two of the three pairs of stones once at work at this level, the third has disappeard. It continued in use until 1969. A request to demolish the mill int the late 1970s was refused by the County Council.

Location

Grid reference TR 12797 37840 (point)
Map sheet TR13NW
County KENT
District FOLKESTONE AND HYTHE, KENT
Civil Parish STANFORD, SHEPWAY, KENT

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

<1> OS 1:2500 1971 (OS Card Reference). SKE48213.

<2> DOE(HHR) Dist of Shepway Kent 15 May 1986 (OS Card Reference). SKE41051.

<3> Bldgs of Eng NE & E Kent 1983 466 (J Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE37776.

<4> The Windmills of Kent 1979 73-75 (J West) (OS Card Reference). SKE50551.

<5> Windmills in Kent 1979 23 (B J & J M Turpin) (OS Card Reference). SKE51345.

<6> Ind Arch of SE Eng 1978 56-57 (A J Haselfoot) (OS Card Reference). SKE44245.

<7> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

<8> Historic England, Archive material associated with Stanford Tower Mill, Listed Building (Archive). SKE54566.

Sources/Archives (8)

  • <1> OS Card Reference: OS 1:2500 1971.
  • <2> OS Card Reference: DOE(HHR) Dist of Shepway Kent 15 May 1986.
  • <3> OS Card Reference: Bldgs of Eng NE & E Kent 1983 466 (J Newman).
  • <4> OS Card Reference: The Windmills of Kent 1979 73-75 (J West).
  • <5> OS Card Reference: Windmills in Kent 1979 23 (B J & J M Turpin).
  • <6> OS Card Reference: Ind Arch of SE Eng 1978 56-57 (A J Haselfoot).
  • <7>XY Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #32702 Windmill, ]
  • <8> Archive: Historic England. Archive material associated with Stanford Tower Mill, Listed Building.

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Non-Intrusive Event: National Record of Industrial Monuments (EKE20814)

Record last edited

Dec 2 2021 4:57PM