St Margaret's Bay Windmill

St Margaret's Bay Windmill
Origin
Mill locationSt Margaret's at Cliffe, Kent
Grid referenceTR 363 436
Coordinates51°8′31.5″N 1°22′35″E / 51.142083°N 1.37639°E / 51.142083; 1.37639
Year built1929
Information
PurposeElectricity generation
TypeSmock mill
StoreysThree-storey smock
Base storeysSingle-storey base
Smock sidesEight-sided
No. of sailsFour
Type of sailsDouble Patent sails
WindshaftCast iron
WindingFantail
Fantail bladesSix blades
Other informationLast new build traditional windmill in Kent.

St Margaret's Bay Windmill is a Grade II listed smock mill on South Foreland, the southeasternmost point of England. It was built in 1929 to generate electricity for the attached house, high on the White Cliffs of Dover.

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