Site overview

Hundred Acre Mill, also known as Marine Town Mill and Sea View Mill, was a small tower corn mill at Sheerness. Built in 1860, it stood in the Marine Town area and took its name from Mr Chalk's Hundred Acre Field. The mill had four storeys and two pairs of stones and was worked without auxiliary power.

It was last worked in the 1870s and demolished in 1878, leaving the stump. The remains were later listed at Grade II as the remains of a windmill in the grounds of the Seaview Hotel. The base has since been retained within the Windmill Court development.

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History

Hundred Acre Mill was a small tower corn mill at Sheerness. It is also recorded as Marine Town Mill and Sea View Mill. The mill was built in 1860 for Mr Venable on land known as Mr Chalk's Hundred Acre Field, a name that later contributed to the mill's own name. The site later became associated with the Broadway and the Seaview Hotel area.

The mill had four storeys and worked two pairs of stones. No auxiliary power was used. Henry Ride and a miller named Adams were among the millers associated with it in the 1870s, and George McKee was an owner connected with the working mill. The mill was short-lived. It was last worked in the 1870s and demolished in 1878, leaving the stump.

The surviving base continued to mark the site after demolition. It was listed at Grade II in 1978 as the remains of a windmill in the grounds of the Seaview Hotel. Later redevelopment replaced the Seaview Hotel with Windmill Court, retaining the base of the former Hundred Acre Mill. The site therefore preserves a small but visible remnant of Sheerness's nineteenth-century wind-powered corn-milling landscape.

Timeline

1860

Tower mill built

Hundred Acre Mill was built in 1860 as a small tower corn mill.
1872

Miller recorded

Adams was recorded as miller in 1872, following Henry Ride.
1878

Mill demolished

The tower mill was demolished in 1878, leaving the stump.
1978

Grade II listing

The remains of the windmill in the grounds of the Seaview Hotel were listed at Grade II.
2010

Base retained in redevelopment

The base was retained within the Windmill Court development that replaced the Seaview Hotel.

Sources and records

Historic England listed building entry
Windmill World site entry
Mills Archive catalogue entry: Sea View Mill, Sheerness
CheyneyRock article: 100 Acre Mill
Wikipedia article: List of windmills in Kent
Wikipedia article: Sheerness