| Swingate Mill, Guston | |
|---|---|
 Swingate Mill, 1913 | |
 Interactive map of Swingate Mill, Guston | |
| Origin | |
| Grid reference | TR 334 444 |
| Coordinates | 51°9′3″N1°20′4.5″E / 51.15083°N 1.334583°E /51.15083; 1.334583 |
| Year built | 1849 |
| Information | |
| Purpose | Corn mill |
| Type | Tower mill |
| Storeys | Four storeys |
| No. of sails | Four |
| Type of sails | Patent sails |
| Windshaft | Cast iron |
| Winding | Fantail |
| Fantail blades | Six blades |
| No. of pairs of millstones | Three pairs |
Swingate Mill is aGrade II listed[1] tower mill inGuston, Kent,England that was built in 1849.
Swingate Mill was built for John Mummery in 1849, incorporating the cap, sails, windshaft and brake wheel from a windmill that had been intended to be erected on the Rope Walk,Dover, but which was not built owing to fears that it would not function properly at the proposed site.[2] The mill was working by wind until 1943, when the sails were damaged by enemy fire. A new pair of sails were fitted in 1947, but the mill was tail-winded in 1959 and lost its cap and sails.[3]
Swingate Mill is a four-storey brick tower mill with a Kentish-style cap. It had fourpatent sails carried on acast-iron windshaft. The mill was winded by a fantail.[2] There was a stage at first-floor level. The mill drove three pairs ofmillstones[3] underdrift and all the machinery was cast iron.[4]