Ringle Crouch Green Mill Sandhurst · Kent · England

Ringle Crouch Green Mill stands at Sandhurst and is one of Kent's most distinctive former smock mills. It was built in 1844 by William Warren, the Hawkhurst millwright, for James Collins. The new mill replaced an earlier post mill at Boxhurst Farm, which had blown down in 1842. The smock mill was exceptional in Kent because it had five sails, a feature more often associated with mills outside the county.

The mill was built as a four-storey, eight-sided smock mill on a two-storey brick base. It had a Kentish-style cap, five patent sails carried on a cast-iron windshaft with a Lincolnshire cross, an eight-bladed fantail, and a stage at second-floor level. Internally it drove four pairs of millstones. James Collins worked the mill after its construction, followed by his son Edward Collins, who continued until his death in 1911. Edward and Harry Collins then worked it briefly before C. J. Bannister operated it for about a year.

Working use ended in 1912. A sail blew off, and the mill quickly became derelict. The fantail and shutters were removed, and the stage was taken down in 1926. An iron windpump was later erected beside the mill, and water tanks were installed in the building to supply nearby cottages and cowsheds. The smock was demolished in 1945, leaving the base, which was used for a time as a Scout hut. In 1997 permission was granted to build a replica smock tower on the original base, with the new structure used as living accommodation and fitted with a wind turbine for electricity generation.