Meopham Windmill

Killick's Mill is a Grade II* listed Smock mill in Meopham, Kent, England that was built in 1801 and which has been restored.HistoryKillick's mill was built in 1801 by three brothers named Killick from Strood. Unusually, the mill is hexagonal in plan. Most smock mills are octagonal in plan. The mill was run by the Killick family until 1889 when it was sold to the Norton family. The mill last worked by wind in 1929, and then by oil engine and electric motor until the 1965. The mill was acquired by Kent County Council in 1960 and restored by E Hole and Sons, the Burgess Hill millwrights at a cost of £4,375.DescriptionKillick's Mill is a three-storey smock mill on a two storey single-storey brick base. There is a stage at first-floor level. It has four double patent sails carried on a cast-iron windshaft. The sails are 27ft long. The mill is winded by a fantail. The wooden Brake Wheel is 6ft diameter. The Wallower and Great Spur Wheel are of cast iron. When the mill was built, it had two pairs of millstones. Later a third and then a fourth pair were added. One of the added pair of stones came from Richardson's mill, Boughton under Blean, as did the 15hp auxiliary oil engine. The stones are driven overdrift. At one time, the mill generated its own electricity to power electric lights within the mill.

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