Keston Windmill
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Keston mill, 4 February 1982
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| Operator(s) | Privately owned |
| Year built | 1716 |
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| Purpose | Corn milling |
| Type | Post mill |
| Storeys | Three storeys |
| Roundhouse storeys | Single storey |
| Number of sails | Four |
| Type of sails | Double Patent sails |
| Windshaft | cast iron |
| Winding | Tailpole |
| Number of pairs of millstones | Two pairs located in the breast |
Keston Windmill is a grade I listed[1] 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[2][3] or 1900.[4][5] In 1955, Kent County Council placed a preservation order on the mill.[5] 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
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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).[2] The bolter in Keston mill has been used as the model for a reconstructed bolter in Lowfield Heath Windmill, Charlwood, Surrey.[6]
Millers
- John Ellis 1838
- Thomas Ellis 1845
- Martin J Hoath 1845
- B Hoadley 1862
See also
References
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External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Keston Windmill. |
- Windmill World page on the mill.
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- Windmills in London
- Grinding mills in the United Kingdom
- Post mills in the United Kingdom
- Windmills completed in 1716
- Buildings and structures in Bromley
- Grade I listed buildings in London
- Grade I listed windmills
