Sarre Windmill

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title: "Sarre Windmill" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["windmills-in-kent", "grinding-mills-in-the-united-kingdom", "smock-mills-in-england", "grade-ii-listed-buildings-in-kent", "windmills-completed-in-1820", "museums-in-thanet-district", "mill-museums-in-england", "octagonal-buildings-in-the-united-kingdom"] description: "Windmill in Sarre, Kent, England" topic_path: "geography/united-kingdom" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarre_Windmill" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Windmill in Sarre, Kent, England ::

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Field	Value
name	Sarre Windmill
image	Sarre mill.jpg
image_size	250px
gbgridref	TR 259 651
coordinates
operator	Hobbs (?–2011)
Unknown (2011–)
built	1821
purpose	Corn mill
Holiday Let (2011–)
type	Smock mill
storeys	Three-storey smock
base_storeys	Two-storey base
smock_sides	Eight-sided
sail_number	Four
sail_type	Double Patent sails
windshaft	Cast iron
winding	Fantail
fantail_blades	Six bladed
auxpower	Steam engine 1861–1920
Gas engine 1920–1940
pairs_of_millstones	Two pairs
other	The first windmill in Kent to have a steam engine as auxiliary power.
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|name = Sarre Windmill |image = Sarre mill.jpg |image_size = 250px |caption = |name_of_mill = |location_of_mill = |gbgridref = TR 259 651 |coordinates = |operator = Hobbs (?–2011) Unknown (2011–) |built = 1821 |purpose = Corn mill Holiday Let (2011–) |type = Smock mill |storeys = Three-storey smock |base_storeys = Two-storey base |roundhouse_storeys = |smock_sides = Eight-sided |sail_number = Four |sail_type = Double Patent sails |windshaft = Cast iron |winding = Fantail |fantail_blades = Six bladed |auxpower = Steam engine 1861–1920 Gas engine 1920–1940 |pairs_of_millstones= Two pairs |stone_size = |saw_type = |pump_type = |scoop_dia = |lost = |other = The first windmill in Kent to have a steam engine as auxiliary power. Sarre Windmill is a Grade II listed smock mill in Sarre, Kent, England, that was built in 1820. Formerly restored and working commercially, the mill is now closed.

History

Sarre windmill was built in 1820 by the Canterbury millwright John Holman. It was said to have been moved from Monkton, but it is more likely to have had some machinery from that mill included in its construction. It was marked on the 1819–43 Ordnance Survey map. Sarre mill was originally built with a single-storey brick base, but in 1856 the base was raised to 14 ft high, with an extra storey built under it. Sarre mill was the first windmill in Kent to have a steam engine installed as auxiliary power. The mill was worked by wind until 1920, when the sails were taken down, and installed on the Union Mill, Cranbrook The mill was recommissioned in the late 1930s, again powered by the gas engine, before finally stopping in 1940 The mill was used as an observation post during the Second World War. The mill remained semi-derelict until 1986, when restoration was started, being completed in 1991. The mill is currently closed as of .

Description

Sarre windmill is a three-storey smock mill on a two-storey brick base. It has four double patent sails carried on a cast-iron windshaft. The mill is winded by a fantail. The Brake Wheel is a composite one, with iron arms and a wooden rim. This drives a cast-iron Wallower. The Great Spur Wheel is also of cast iron. The mill drives two pairs of millstones, overdrift.

Millers

• Thomas Holman 1845 - 1862
• George Thomas Steddy 1878
• Ebenezer Wood 1880 - 1883
• Hogben
• Gambrill - 1940
• Malcolm Hobbs 1991 -
• Robert Hobbs 1991 -

References for above:-

In popular culture

For Bread Week of Season 1 of The Great British Bake Off, the tent was pitched near the windmill.

References

References

1. {{NHLE
2. "Sarre Mill - a history". Sarre mill.
3. (January 1996). Bygone Kent. Meresborough Books
4. West, Jenny. (1973). "The Windmills of Kent". Charles Skilton Ltd..

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