Charing Windmill

Charing Windmill
The converted mill.
Map
Origin
Mill nameField Mill
Grid referenceTQ 957 503
Coordinates51°13′1″N 0°48′8″E / 51.21694°N 0.80222°E / 51.21694; 0.80222
Year builtEarly nineteenth century
Information
PurposeCorn milling
TypeSmock mill
StoreysThree-storey smock
Base storeysOne storey
Smock sidesEight-sided
No. of sailsFour
Type of sailsTwo Common sails and two Spring sails
WindshaftCast iron
WindingFantail
Fantail bladesSix
No. of pairs of millstonesThree pairs
Other informationWas painted white when a working mill, tarred black since conversion to a house.

Charing Windmill is a Grade II listed[1] smock windmill, now converted to a house, on Charing Hill in Kent in southeast England. It is sometimes known as Field Mill, but that name was also used by a watermill in Charing.

  1. ^ Historic England. "Charing Windmill, Bowl Road, Charing, Ashford, Kent (1299636)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 June 2008.