Keston Windmill
{{Short description|Windmill in the London Borough of Bromley, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2015}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2015}}
{{Infobox Windmill
|name = Keston Windmill
|image = File:Keston Windmill (I).jpg
|image_size = 250px
|caption = Keston Windmill in 2020
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|gbgridref = TQ 415 640
|coordinates = {{Coord|51.357|0.033|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline,title|format=dms}}
|operator = Privately owned
|built = 1716
|purpose = Corn milling
|type = Post mill
|storeys = Three storeys
|roundhouse_storeys = Single storey
|sail_number = Four
|sail_type = Double Patent sails
|windshaft = cast iron
|winding = Tailpole
|pairs_of_millstones= Two pairs located in the breast
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Keston Windmill is a grade I listed{{NHLE| num= 1064369| desc =KESTON WINDMILL, HEATHFIELD ROAD, BROMLEY, BROMLEY, GREATER LONDON| access-date= 2008-06-12}} Post mill in Keston, formerly in Kent and now in the London Borough of Bromley. The mill was built in 1716 and is conserved with its machinery intact but not in working order.
History
Keston Windmill was built in 1716. William Ashby, the Westerham millwright fitted new sails and repaired the breast of the mill in December 1836. The mill was working by wind until either 1878{{cite book | first = Jenny| last = West| year = 1973| title = The Windmills of Kent| pages =49–52| publisher = Charles Skilton Ltd.| location = London| isbn = 0-284-98534-1}}This date may refer to Olive's Mill, Keston or 1900.{{cite book | first = William| last = Coles Finch |author-link=William Coles Finch | year = 1933| title = Watermills and Windmills| page = 229| publisher = C W Daniel Company| location = London}} In 1955, Kent County Council placed a preservation order on the mill.{{cite news |title= Keston Landmark's Future |newspaper=West Kent Mercury|page=11 |date=3 June 1955}} The mill was built to grind corn into flour. The mill is privately owned and preserved with its machinery intact, but not in working order. It is not generally open to the public.
Description
{{for|a description of the machinery|Mill machinery}}
Keston Mill has a three-storey body on a single-storey roundhouse. The roundhouse enclosed the trestle and the date 1716 is carved on the main post. It had four double Patent sails carried on a cast-iron windshaft. The mill is winded by a tailpole. The wooden brake wheel drives a cast-iron wallower, which drives a cast-iron great spur wheel with wooden cogs. This drives two pairs of underdrift millstones in the breast of the mill. The mill also has a flour dresser (bolter). The bolter in Keston mill has been used as the model for a reconstructed bolter in Lowfield Heath Windmill, Charlwood, Surrey.{{cite web| url= http://www.ockleywindmill.co.uk/latest_news1.htm| publisher = Ockley Windmill| title = Latest News 19th March 2007 – Bolter progress| access-date= 2008-04-17}}
Millers
- John Ellis 1838
- Thomas Ellis 1845
- Martin J Hoath 1845
- B Hoadley 1862
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=16 April 2009 }}
References
File:Keston Mill main post.JPG
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External links
{{Commons category|Keston Windmill}}
- [http://www.windmillworld.com/millid/2634.htm Windmill World page] on the mill.
{{Windmills in England}}
Category:Grinding mills in the United Kingdom
Category:Post mills in the United Kingdom
Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1716
Category:Windmills completed in the 18th century
Category:Grade I listed buildings in the London Borough of Bromley