Ripple Mill, Ringwould

Ripple Windmill
The mill under restoration
Origin
Mill location	TR 362 491
Year built	Early nineteenth century
Information
Purpose	Corn mill
Type	Smock mill
Storeys	Three-storey smock
Base storeys	Single-storey base
Smock sides	Eight-sided
Number of sails	Four
Type of sails	Single Patent sails
Windshaft	cast iron
Winding	Fantail
Fantail blades	Six blades
Other information	Restored mill has the windshaft from Shiremark Mill, Capel fitted.

Ripple Windmill is a Grade II listed^[1] smock mill in Ringwould, Kent, England that was built in Drellingore and moved to Ringwould in the early nineteenth century. Having been stripped of machinery and used as a television mast, it is now under restoration as a working windmill.

History

A windmill was marked on Robert Morden's map of 1695, a coastal map of Kent dated 1770^[2] and the 1819-43 Ordnance Survey map. Ripple mill was built in the early nineteenth century at Drellingore, in the Hawkinge parish. When the mill was moved, it was sectioned by cutting the cant posts in half lengthways, and bolting them back together at the new site.^[3] One such cant post can still be seen in the mill.^[4] A girl was killed by being struck by one of the sails, which came close to the ground, circa 1834. In 1895, Trinity House contributed towards repairs to the mill, which was marked as a navigational landmark. The mill lost two sails in 1927 and worked after that on the other two sails, assisted by an oil engine.^[3] The mill was working during the Second World War but in 1947 the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings decided not to issue an appeal to restore the mill due to a lack of local support. In 1955, the mill was acquired by Rediffusion Ltd and stripped of machinery. The smock was festooned with aerials and used as a television relay station.^[2] Rediffusion sold the mill in 1976. The new cap was placed on the mill in 1994, with the windshaft from Shiremark Mill, Capel, Surrey.^[4]

Description

For a description of the machinery, see Mill machinery.

Ripple Mill is a three-storey smock mill on a single-storey brick base. There is no stage. It has four single patent sails and a Kentish-style cap. The mill is winded by a fantail. The mill had three pairs of millstones, driven underdrift.^[3]

Millers

John Mummery 1833 - 1849
Henry Mummery 1845 - 1852
William Mummery
W Davison 1862
Edwin Pope 1878
John Banks
George Simpson
John E Monins (died during WW2)

References for above:-^[2]^[3]^[5]

References

↑ "RIPPLE WINDMILL, DOVER ROAD (west side), RIPPLE, DOVER, KENT". English Heritage. Retrieved 2008-04-18.
1 2 3 West, Jenny (1973). The Windmills of Kent. London: Charles Skilton Ltd. pp. 63–64. ISBN 0284-98534-1.
1 2 3 4 Coles Finch, William (1933). Watermills and Windmills. London: C W Daniel Company. pp. 253–54.
1 2 "Ripple, Ripple Mill, Smock mill, Cereal Milling". The Mills Archive Trust. Retrieved 2008-04-17.
↑ "Directory of Kent Mill People". The Mills Archive Trust. Retrieved 2008-04-17.

External links

Windmill World page on the mill.

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Coordinates: 51°11′30.5″N 1°22′43″E / 51.191806°N 1.37861°E / 51.191806; 1.37861

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