Stanford Windmill
{{Short description|Windmill in Stanford, Kent, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
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|built = 1857
|purpose = Corn mill
|type = Tower mill
|storeys = Five storeys
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|sail_number = Four
|sail_type = Patent sails
|windshaft = Cast iron
|winding = Fantail
|fantail_blades = Eight blades
|auxpower = Paraffin engine
Oil engine 1936 -
Electric motor - 1969
|pairs_of_millstones= Four pairs
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Stanford Windmill is a Grade II* listed{{NHLE| num= 1370011| desc = STANFORD WINDMILL, KENNETT LANE (south side), STANFORD, SHEPWAY, KENT| access-date= 2008-04-19}} tower mill in Stanford, Kent, England that was built in 1857. It stands on Kennett Lane in Stanford.
History
Stanford mill was built in 1857 by the Ashford millwright John Hill. The tower of the mill was cracked when a bomb was dropped nearby during World War I. A single cylinder paraffin engine was fitted between the wars.{{cite book | first = William| last = Coles Finch| author-link=William Coles Finch| year = 1933| title = Watermills and Windmills| pages = 282| publisher = C W Daniel Company| location = London}} This was replaced by a Ruston & Hornsby engine in 1936. The mill had a new pair of sails in 1925, 1930 and 1936. It worked by wind until 1946, in which year the shutters were removed from the sails. The sails and cap roof were removed in 1961,{{cite web| url= http://www.millsarchive.com/Kent/aspx/secured/item.aspx?intItemID=21321&strTitle=Stanford%20Mill| publisher = The Mills Archive Trust| title = Stanford Mill| access-date= 2008-04-19}} (Original source:- Milling, 14 July 1961) and a corrugated asbestos roof built on the cap frame. Milling continued by engine until 1969, with the paraffin engine being replaced by an electric motor. Some of the milling furniture was used in the restoration of Draper's Mill, Margate in the 1970s.{{cite book | first = Jenny| last = West| year = 1973| title = The Windmills of Kent| pages = 73–75| publisher = Charles Skilton Ltd.| location = London| isbn = 0-284-98534-1}}
Description
{{For|a description of the machinery|Mill machinery}}
Stanford mill is a five-storey tower mill which formerly had a Kentish-type cap. It had four patent sails carried on a cast-iron windshaft. The mill was winded by a fantail and there was a stage at first-floor level. The mill drove four pairs of millstones, two steel mills and two roller mills. The brake wheel is a composite one, with iron arms and a wooden rim. This drives a cast-iron wallower. The great spur wheel is also of cast iron. The mill drives to the millstones is overdrift.
Millers
- J Fox 1862
- Thomas Rolfe 1878
- Henry Taylor 1913–1929
- G R Holt 1929–1946
- H Beresford Lye 1946–1959
- M Hancock & Son 1959–1969
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=2008-04-19 |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
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External links
- [http://www.windmillworld.com/millid/2763.htm Windmill World page] on the mill.
{{Kent Windmills}}
Category:Grinding mills in the United Kingdom
Category:Tower mills in the United Kingdom
Category:Grade II listed buildings in Kent