| Stocks Mill, Wittersham | |
|---|---|
 The mill in May 2016 | |
 Interactive map of Stocks Mill, Wittersham | |
| Origin | |
| Grid reference | TQ 912 272 |
| Coordinates | 51°0′48″N0°43′33″E / 51.01333°N 0.72583°E /51.01333; 0.72583 |
| Operator | Kent County Council |
| Year built | 1781 |
| Information | |
| Purpose | Corn milling |
| Type | Post mill |
| Roundhouse storeys | Single storey |
| No. of sails | Four |
| Type of sails | Spring sails |
| Windshaft | Wood with acast iron poll end |
| Winding | Tailpole |
| No. of pairs of millstones | Two pairs, arranged Head and Tail |
Stocks Mill is aGrade II* listed[1][2] post mill inWittersham on theIsle of Oxney, inKent,England which has been preserved.
Probably built around 1781, it was namedStocks Mill after the villagestocks that stood nearby. The mill may be older and may have been moved fromStone in Oxney, with the date 1781 carved into the main post denoting its re-erection.[3] The Mill House was at one time used as the parishPoorhouse.[4] The mill was last worked circa 1900, and was then preserved byNorman Forbes-Robertson, who owned the mill and Mill House.[5] The mill passed into the ownership of the artist Randolph H Sauter.[6] and then SirEdward Parry. The mill was repaired in 1958, and in 1968 a new stock and pair of sails was fitted by themillwright Derek Ogden.[3] In 1980, the mill was acquired byKent County Council and the Friends of Stocks Mill was set up to allow the mill to be opened to the public. The mill underwent a restoration programme starting in 2002 and partly funded by theNational Lottery, which included two new sails amongst other work. Some of the milling machinery which had been removed over the years was recreated.[7] The mill was reopened to the public in 2004.[8]
Stocks Mill is a post mill on a single storey roundhouse. It has four Spring sails mounted on a wooden windshaft with acast iron poll end. This carries a 8 feet 9 inches (2.67 m) diameter wooden Head Wheel with 120 cogs, and a 7 feet 9 inches (2.36 m) diameter Tail Wheel. The mill drove two pairs ofmillstones.[3]
References for above:-[3][5][9]
