Edenbridge Mill is a

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house converted

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in Edenbridge,

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. It is on the west side of Mill Hill, just north of the hospital.

History

''Edenbridge Mill'' was built in 1815. A mill was marked on the 1858–72 and 1903-10

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maps. There is a stone inscribed 1812 A Friend. There is a red brick just above the large window on the first floor with 1812 also inscribed William Ashby, the

Westerham Westerham is a town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Sevenoaks District of Kent, England. It is located 3.4 miles east of Oxted and 6 miles west of Sevenoaks, adjacent to the Kent border with both Greater London and Surrey. I ...

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worked on the mill in October 1825, fitting a new neck bearing of the windshaft, and did some repairs to the sails in January 1826. The cap was removed in 1937 and replaced by a flat roof.

Description

''Edenbridge Mill'' is a five-storey brick tower mill with a domed cap. It had four

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carried on a

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windshaft. The mill was winded by a fantail. The mill retains the Wallower, upright shaft and iron Great Spur Wheel, which drove the

millstone Millstones or mill stones are stones used in gristmills, used for triturating, crushing or, more specifically, grinding wheat or other grains. They are sometimes referred to as grindstones or grinding stones. Millstones come in pairs: a s ...

s overdrift. Old photographs show that there was a stage at the first floor level. The property was sold in 1990 to a developer who over a nine-year period converted the building to residential use, making only minor changes to the outside. Two small windows, both on the third floor, were made larger. The air raid shelter was removed. The external staircase shown in earlier photographs was replaced with a gradient staircase that was compliant with building regulations.

Millers

*Edward Bridger 1825 - 1839 *H Sisley 1844 *James Mellish 1845 - 1849 *Stanford - 1854 *Moses Brooks 1864 - 1874 *James Mellish & Son - 1886 References for above:-

References

External links

Windmill World page
on the mill. {{Kent Windmills Windmills in Kent Grinding mills in the United Kingdom Tower mills in the United Kingdom Grade II listed buildings in Kent Windmills completed in 1815 Edenbridge, Kent