Upper Mill - Eastry, Kent, CT13 0LF. - Windmills on Waymarking.com

The 'Eastry Windmill', or more correctly 'Upper Mill' in Eastry,  was a 3 storey smock mill built on a single - story brick base sometime around 1770. Worked by wind power until 1913 when the fantail and sweeps were removed, it continued with the use of a suction gas engine until 1949 and then an electric motor until 1959 when it's business was transferred to Sandwich and the mill machinery was removed. Now a Grade II listed private residence,  please respect it as such.

Date of Manufacture: 01/01/1770 Purpose: Milling Open to the public: no Is This Windmill Functional?: No Windmill Farm: no Museum on Site: no Cost: Not Listed

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