Draper's Mill, Margate
{{Short description|Windmill in Margate, Kent, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2023}}
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|operator = Kent County Council
|built = 1845
|purpose = Corn mill
|type = Smock mill
|storeys = Four-storey smock
|base_storeys = Single-storey base
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|smock_sides = Eight-sided
|sail_number = Four
|sail_type = Double Patent sails
|windshaft = Cast iron
|winding = Fantail
|fantail_blades = Six blades
|auxpower = Gas engine
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Draper's Windmill or Old Mill is a Grade II listed{{NHLE| num= 1351087| desc = DRAPER'S WINDMILL, ST PETER'S FOOTPATH, MARGATE, THANET, KENT| access-date= 2008-04-17}} Smock mill in Margate, Kent, England that was built in 1845.
History
Draper's Windmill was built in 1845 by John Holman, the Canterbury millwright, replacing an earlier mill that had previously been moved here from Nayland Point. It is the sole survivor of a group of three windmills, Draper's Mill, Little Draper's Mill and The Pumper. A mill was marked on Robert Morden's map of 1695, Harris's map of 1719 and the 1819-43 Ordnance Survey (OS) map. The 1858-72 OS map shows three mills. The 1903-10 OS map shows two mills. The mill worked by wind until 1916, and by a {{convert|20|hp|kW}} gas engine{{cite book | first = William| last = Coles Finch|author-link=William Coles Finch | year = 1933| title = Watermills and Windmills| pages = 242–43| publisher = C W Daniel Company| location = London}} until the late 1930s.{{cite book | first = Jenny| last = West| year = 1973| title = The Windmills of Kent| pages = 54–56| publisher = Charles Skilton Ltd.| location = London| isbn = 0284-98534-1}} The sails and fantail were removed in 1927. The mill was threatened with demolition in 1965, but the Draper's Windmill Trust was formed by Mr R M Towes the then Head Master of Drapers Mills School (opposite Drapers Windmill) to preserve the mill, and in 1968 the Kent Education Committee acquired the mill, which was restored at a cost of over £2,000. The fantail was replaced in 1970, and one pair of sails were erected in December 1971.{{cite book | first = R J| last = Brown| year = 1976| title = Windmills of England| pages = 102–03| publisher = Robert Hale| location = London| isbn = 0-7091-5641-3}} The new stage that had been prepared for fitting on Black Mill, Barham was donated to Draper's mill, when Black Mill was destroyed by fire, it was adapted to fit by Vincent Pargeter.
{{cite web|url=http://www.millsarchive.com/Kent/millwrightstale/millwrightstale.aspx |publisher=The Mills Archive |title=A MILLWRIGHT'S TALE |access-date=2008-04-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517173349/http://www.millsarchive.com/Kent/millwrightstale/millwrightstale.aspx |archive-date=2008-05-17 }} The second pair of sails were fitted in the autumn of 1974.
Description
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Draper's Windmill is a four-storey smock mill on a single-storey brick base. There is a stage at first-floor level. It has four double Patent sails are {{convert|26|ft|6|in|m|2}} long and {{convert|6|ft|6|in|m|2}} wide, spanning {{convert|66|ft|m|2}}.{{cite book | year = 1978| title = TIMS Fourth Transactions 1977| pages = 238| publisher = The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings / The International Molinological Society| location = London}} They are carried on a cast-iron windshaft. The mill is winded by a fantail. The Brake Wheel is {{convert|8|ft|6|in|m|2}} diameter. The three pairs of millstones are driven overdrift.
Millers
- J Banks 1847
- F & E Darby
- Thomas Messiter Ind JP
- Thomas R Laidlaw
References for above:-{{cite web|url=http://www.millarchive.com/kent/millpeople/Kent%20Mill%20People.htm |publisher=The Mills Archive Trust |title=Directory of Kent Mill People |access-date=2008-04-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090416174906/http://www.millarchive.com/kent/millpeople/Kent%20Mill%20People.htm |archive-date=2009-04-16 }}
References
{{Reflist}}
Thomas M Ind biographical details verified by Dr John Ind from official records(US census, Madison University archive, Ancestry.com, USA naturalisation records).
External links
- [http://www.draperswindmill.org.uk Official Website]
- [http://www.visitthanet.co.uk/attractions/drapers-windmill/9127 Draper's Windmill] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402181735/http://www.visitthanet.co.uk/attractions/drapers-windmill/9127 |date=2 April 2015 }} - Visit Thanet
- [http://www.windmillworld.com/millid/2792.htm Windmill World page] on the mill.
{{Kent Windmills}}
Category:Grinding mills in the United Kingdom
Category:Smock mills in England
Category:Grade II listed buildings in Kent
Category:Windmills completed in 1845
Category:Museums in Thanet District