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Monument details

HER Number:TR 24 SE 96
Type of record:Monument
Name:West Hougham Windmill

Summary

Site of a s smock mill built for the milling of cereals. The date when the mill was built and ceased work is uncertain, although it is sure that the mill collapsed in 1951 leaving a single storey base and wreckage in the trees and bushes.


Grid Reference:TR 268 402
Map Sheet:TR24SE
Parish:HOUGHAM WITHOUT, DOVER, KENT

Monument Types

  • SMOCK MILL (Post Medieval to Modern - 1801 AD to 1951 AD)
  • WINDMILL (WINDMILL, Post Medieval to Modern - 1801 AD to 1951 AD)

Full description

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Site of a s smock mill built for the milling of cereals. The date when the mill was built and ceased work is uncertain, although it is sure that the mill collapsed in 1951 leaving a single storey base and wreckage in the trees and bushes. (1)

Recorded by NRIM, photographed. (2)

Historic England archive material: BF002515 WINDMILL, WEST HOUGHAM, HOUGHAM WITHOUT File of material relating to a site or building. This material has not yet been fully catalogued. Copyright, date, and quantity information for this record may be incomplete or inaccurate. NRI01 National Record of Industrial Monuments (NRIM): Index Cards


<1> A A Bryan, 1998, Windmill gazetteer for England (Monograph). SKE55552.

<2> National Record of Industrial Monuments (NRIM): Index Cards (Index). SKE53912.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Monograph: A A Bryan. 1998. Windmill gazetteer for England.
<2>XYIndex: National Record of Industrial Monuments (NRIM): Index Cards. [Mapped feature: #67949 Windmill, ]