Ripple Windmill | |
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Origin | |
Grid reference | TR 362 491 |
Coordinates | 51°11′30.5″N 1°22′43″E / 51.191806°N 1.37861°E |
Year built | Early nineteenth century |
Information | |
Purpose | Corn mill |
Type | Smock mill |
Storeys | Two-storey smock |
Base storeys | Two-storey base |
Smock sides | Eight-sided |
No. of sails | Four |
Type of sails | Single Patent sails |
Windshaft | cast iron |
Winding | Fantail |
Fantail blades | Six blades |
Other information | Restored mill has the windshaft from Shiremark Mill, Capel fitted. |
Ripple Windmill is a Grade II listed[1] smock mill in Ringwould, Kent, England, that was built in Drellingore and moved to Ringwould in the early nineteenth century. Having been stripped of machinery and used as a television mast, it has been restored as a working windmill.