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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 96 SW 1243 |
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| Type of record: | Listed Building |
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| Name: | CHAMPION'S WINDMILL, 50 YARDS NORTH WEST OF BERKELEY HOUSE |
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Summary
Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1780 to 1820. In Lynsted, the base of a disused timber smock mill can be seen to the north side of Lynsted Lane. The base is octagonal and built of red brick with yellow brick battlements. It was built around 1800, went out of use around the end of the 19th century and is now roofed over.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 9436 6119 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ96SW |
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| Parish: | LYNSTED WITH KINGSDOWN, SWALE, KENT |
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Monument Types
- WINDMILL (Post Medieval to Modern - 1780 AD to 2050 AD)
| Protected Status: | Listed Building (II) 1343930: CHAMPION'S WINDMILL, 50 YARDS NORTH WEST OF BERKELEY HOUSE |
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Full description
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Description from record TQ 96 SW 70:
[TQ94386118] Windmill [NAT] (disused) [NAT] (1) Champion's Windmill 50 yards north west of Berkeley House, Lynsted Lane, north side. Base of smock mill. Circa 1800. Red brick, tarred with yellow stock battlements. Octagonal, base gently battered. One storey with battlements crested by carved eagles doorway with double segmental head and wood casement windows over. No machinery survives. Interior roofed in. $$ Grade 2. (2) A timber smock mill once stood in the grounds of Mill House, Lynsted. Milling by wind had ceased here by the end of the 19th century. Now only the mill base remains, surmounted by two large model eagles. (3)
The following text is from the original listed building designation:
TQ 96 SW LYNSTED LYNSTED LANE (north side)
Champion's Windmill, 2/77 50 yards north west of Berkeley House
GV II
Base of smock mill. Circa 1800. Red brick, tarred, with yellow stock battlements. Octagonal, base gently battered. One storey with battlements crested by carved eagles. Doorway with double segmental head and wood casement window over. No machinery survives. Interior roofed in. Included for group value. Listing NGR: TQ9433761143 (4)
<1> OS 1:10000 1980 (OS Card Reference). SKE48166.
<2> DOE (HHR) Swale Boro 21st March 1985 30 (OS Card Reference). SKE40615.
<3> Windmills of Kent 1979 101 (J.West) (OS Card Reference). SKE51370.
<4> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: OS 1:10000 1980. |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: DOE (HHR) Swale Boro 21st March 1985 30. |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: Windmills of Kent 1979 101 (J.West). |
| <4>XY | Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #34053 Windmill, ] |
