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Possible wreckage remains
Later windmill records note possible overgrown wreckage at the former mill site.
Site overview
West Hougham Mill was a smock corn mill at West Hougham, west of Dover. Windmill records identify the site at about 51.11666, 1.23885 and describe the mill as a smock mill which collapsed in 1951. Later windmill gazetteers note that some overgrown wreckage may remain at the site.
The recorded history is strongest for the mill's identity, type, location, and final loss, rather than for its detailed working sequence. The site is therefore a former smock mill location rather than a standing or converted windmill, preserving at most fragmentary remains of the former structure in the West Hougham landscape.
Map
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History
West Hougham Mill stood at West Hougham, west of Dover. It is recorded in Kent windmill lists as a smock mill, with 1802 given as the first recorded or built date. The mill formed part of the wind-powered corn-milling landscape of the Dover district, using the exposed ground around West Hougham for wind power.
The mill survived into the twentieth century but did not remain standing. It collapsed in 1951. Later windmill records describe the site as a collapsed smock mill and note that some overgrown wreckage may remain. West Hougham Mill is therefore represented by a lost windmill site with possible fragmentary structural remains, rather than by a complete mill, restored mill, or converted base.
Timeline
1802
Smock mill recorded
West Hougham Mill is recorded as a smock mill by 1802.
1951
Mill collapsed
The smock mill collapsed in 1951.
Sources and records
Windmill World site entry
List of windmills in Kent
University of Kent Muggeridge Collection record
Kent windmill reference works
List of windmills in Kent
University of Kent Muggeridge Collection record
Kent windmill reference works