Listed Building record TQ 96 SW 1164 - TONGE MILL

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1837 to 1866. According to Millsarchive.org the mill continue working, by steam power, until 1950 or 1951. Summary from record TQ 96 SW 1052: Tonge Corn Mill

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Grid reference TQ 9344 6356 (point)
Map sheet TQ96SW
District SWALE, KENT
Civil Parish TONGE, SWALE, KENT

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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
TQ 96 SW TONGE CHURCH ROAD (west side)
2/180 Tonge Mill 27.8.52 GV II
Mill and mill house. 1837 and 1866. Yellow stock brick and slate roofs. Convex curving range of 4 buildings and stack along the roadside. To left: 2 storey and hipped block with loft door and glazing bar sash on first floor, 2 blocked windows on ground floor. Centre: Mill house, 3 storeys on plinth with pilaster strip quoins and parapet. Two glazing bar sashes on second floor, 1 on first floor with loft door, 2 on ground floor with central boarded door in semi- circular headed surround with plaque over inscribed: T D 1837 To right: 2 storeys and sloping roof with 1 glazing bar casement and boarded door in large semi-circular headed surrounds on ground floor, with plaque over door, inscribed: B + S 1866 Similar block to right, no openings and chimney, approx. 100 foot height, square section and tapering with oversailing cornice cap.
Listing NGR: TQ9345163560

Description from record TQ 96 SW 1052:
Tonge Mill, mill and mill pond shown on 1st,2nd, 3rd and current edition OS (1,2,3). Photgraphs (4-11).

According to Millsarchive.org the mill continue working, by steam power, until 1950 or 1951.


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

Countryside Commission/Dr Nicola Bannister, 1995, Tonge Mill Sittingbourne Kent: Historic Landscape Survey (Unpublished document). SWX6786.

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1862-1875, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 1st Edition : 1862-1875 (Map). SWX11831.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1893-7, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 2nd edition : 1893-1898 (Map). SWX11832.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1905-10, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 3rd edition: 1901-1912 (Map). SWX11833.

<4> 1986, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11318.

<5> 1985, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11315.

<6> 1985, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11314.

<7> 1985, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11313.

<8> 1985, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11312.

<9> 1985, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11311.

<10> 1986, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11307.

<11> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9621.

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  • --- Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
  • --- Unpublished document: Countryside Commission/Dr Nicola Bannister. 1995. Tonge Mill Sittingbourne Kent: Historic Landscape Survey.
  • <1> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1862-1875. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 1st Edition : 1862-1875. 1:2500.
  • <2> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1893-7. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 2nd edition : 1893-1898. 1:2500.
  • <3> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1905-10. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 3rd edition: 1901-1912. 1:2500.
  • <4> Photograph (Print): 1986. Photograph. TQ9363/9. print.
  • <5> Photograph (Print): 1985. Photograph. TQ9363/6. print.
  • <6> Photograph (Print): 1985. Photograph. TQ9363/5. print.
  • <7> Photograph (Print): 1985. Photograph. TQ9363/4. print.
  • <8> Photograph (Print): 1985. Photograph. TQ9363/3. print.
  • <9> Photograph (Print): 1985. Photograph. TQ9363/2. print.
  • <10> Photograph (Print): 1986. Photograph. TQ9363/10. print.
  • <11> Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4284. print.

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  • Non-Intrusive Event: Historic landscape survey, Tonge Mill, 1995 (EKE21395)

Record last edited

Oct 21 2024 10:49AM