Great Mill, Sheerness

Great Mill, Sheerness
The base in 2003
Map
Origin
Mill nameGreat Mill
Ride's Mill
Grid referenceTQ 921 746
Coordinates51°26′19.3″N 0°45′45.4″E / 51.438694°N 0.762611°E / 51.438694; 0.762611
Year built1816
Information
PurposeCorn mill
TypeSmock mill
StoreysFour-storey smock
Base storeysTwo-storey base
No. of sailsFour
Type of sailsPatent sails
WindingHand winded
Auxiliary powerSteam engine 1889 - 1918
No. of pairs of millstonesThree pairs
Year lost1924
Other informationA 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.

  1. ^ Historic England. "REMAINS OF CORNMILL TO REAR OF NUMBER 11, HIGH STREET (west side), SHEERNESS, SWALE, KENT (1258330)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 20 April 2008.