Oare Windmill
Oare Mill is a Grade II* listed[1] house converted Tower mill in Oare, Kent, England that was built in the late eighteenth or early nineteenth century.
| Oare Windmill | |
|---|---|
 The house converted mill | |
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| Origin | |
| Grid reference | TR 009 625 |
| Coordinates | 51°19′35″N 0°52′57″E |
| Year built | Late eighteenth or early nineteenth century |
| Information | |
| Purpose | Corn mill |
| Type | Tower mill |
| Storeys | Five storeys |
| No. of sails | Four |
| Type of sails | Patent sails |
| Windshaft | Cast iron |
| Winding | Fantail |
| No. of pairs of millstones | Four pairs |
History
Oare mill was built in the late eighteenth or early nineteenth century. It was marked on the 1819-42 Ordnance Survey map and Greenwood's map of 1821. The mill was working until June 1919. There was a steam engine, the boiler of which once exploded and damaged the Mill Cottages and Windmill Inn.[2] Photographs show that the cap was still on the mill in 1952, but the roof had gone by 1963. In that year the derelict mill was converted into a house, retaining some machinery. A new domed polygonal roof fitted to replace the original cap.[3]
Description
Oare Mill is a five-storey tower mill with a stage at first-floor level. It formerly had four single patent sails carried on a cast-iron windshaft,[4] and a Kentish-style cap.[2] The cap was the largest on any mill in Kent, measuring 17 feet (5.18 m) by 14 feet (4.27 m) in plan and 9 feet 9 inches (2.97 m) high.[3] The mill was winded by a fantail. It drove four pairs of millstones[2] overdrift.[3] The wallower remains, mounted at the top of the Upright Shaft, which is wooden and 18 inches (460 mm) square. The Great Spur Wheel also remains.[3]
Millers
- Elliott - 1819
- Thomas K Hope
- Robert Shrubsole
- Kennett 1841
- F Inge
- H W Elliott 1862
- Thomas K Hope 1878
- B Filmer
- Herbert Filmer 1882 - 1886
- F Ralph 1891
- Herbert Filmer Sep 1917 - Jun 1919
References
- Historic England. "OARE WINDMILL, OARE ROAD (east side), FAVERSHAM, SWALE, KENT (1069470)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 2008-04-18.
- Coles Finch, William (1933). Watermills and Windmills. London: C W Daniel Company. pp. 253–54.
- West, Jenny (1973). The Windmills of Kent. London: Charles Skilton Ltd. pp. 61–62. ISBN 0-284-98534-1.
- Photo dated 1940 by D W Muggeridge in the care of the Mills Archive Trust shows the windshaft to be cast iron
- "Directory of Kent Mill People". The Mills Archive Trust. Archived from the original on April 16, 2009. Retrieved 2008-04-18.
External links
- Windmill World page on the mill.