Great Mill, Sheerness | |
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Origin | |
Mill name | Great Mill Ride's Mill |
Grid reference | TQ 921 746 |
Coordinates | 51°26′19.3″N 0°45′45.4″E / 51.438694°N 0.762611°E |
Year built | 1816 |
Information | |
Purpose | Corn mill |
Type | Smock mill |
Storeys | Four-storey smock |
Base storeys | Two-storey base |
No. of sails | Four |
Type of sails | Patent sails |
Winding | Hand winded |
Auxiliary power | Steam engine 1889 - 1918 |
No. of pairs of millstones | Three pairs |
Year lost | 1924 |
Other information | A new smock has been built on the surviving base to serve as residential accommodation. |
Great Mill or Ride's Mill is a Grade II listed[1] smock mill just off the High Street in Sheerness, Kent, England, that was demolished in 1924, leaving the brick base standing. It now has a new smock tower built on it as residential accommodation.