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Monument details

HER Number:TR 26 NE 1126
Type of record:Listed Building
Name:SARRE MILL

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1820 to 1989. A smock mill which was built in 1820 by John Holman for the grinding of corn. The mill, built of brick and weatherboarding, was heightened in 1856 so the base was now two storeys. The mill Ceased work with wind in 1922 and work finally stopped altogether in 1940. The mill has been restored recently and was returned to work in 1992

Grid Reference:TR 2596 6507
Map Sheet:TR26NE
Parish:SARRE, THANET, KENT

Monument Types

  • SMOCK MILL (Post Medieval to Modern - 1820 AD to 2050 AD)
Protected Status:Listed Building (II) 1225147: SARRE MILL

Full description

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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
SARRE CANTERBURY ROAD TR 26 NE (south side) 1/115 Sarre Mill (formerly listed 11-10-63 as Wind Mill) GV II
Windmill. 1820 for John Holman of Canterbury, heightened 1856 for Thomas Holman. Timber framed and weather boarded on tarred brown brick base. Octagonal plan, of smockmill type. Gambrel-roofed cap. Sweeps and fantail missing (removed to Cranbrook). Boarded doors to north and south with flights of wooden stairs. Being restored at time of re-survey.
Listing NGR: TR2595665080 (1)

A smock mill which was built in 1820 by John Holman for the grinding of corn. The mill, built of brick and weatherboarding, was heightened in 1856 so the base was now two storeys. The mill Ceased work with wind in 1922 and work finally stopped altogether in 1940. The mill has been restored recently and was returned to work in 1992. (2)

Recorded by NRIM, photographed. (3)

Historic england archive material: NRI01 National Record of Industrial Monuments (NRIM): Index Cards, BF002565 SARRE WINDMILL, SARRE


<1> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

<2> A A Bryan, 1998, Windmill gazetteer for England (Monograph). SKE55552.

<3> National Record of Industrial Monuments (NRIM): Index Cards (Index). SKE53912.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
<2>Monograph: A A Bryan. 1998. Windmill gazetteer for England.
<3>Index: National Record of Industrial Monuments (NRIM): Index Cards.