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Smock corn mill operated
Eastry Mill was recorded as a smock mill used for corn milling.
Site overview
Eastry Mill is a former smock corn mill at Eastry, west of Deal. Specialist mill records identify the site as a house-converted smock mill and record the survival of the windshaft. The mill forms one of the surviving Kent smock-mill conversions, retaining enough of its historic body to remain legible as a former wind-powered corn mill.
The full working arrangement no longer survives, and the sails, cap function, and milling machinery are no longer represented as a complete installation. The converted structure nevertheless preserves the visible form of a former rural windmill within the Eastry landscape.
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History
Eastry Mill was a smock corn mill at Eastry. It stood within the east Kent milling landscape between Sandwich and Deal and worked as a wind-powered corn mill before passing out of industrial use.
The surviving structure is recorded in specialist mill sources as a house-converted smock mill. The presence of the windshaft is specifically recorded, preserving an important element of the former working mechanism even though the mill is no longer operational. The conversion has changed the building's use from milling to domestic occupation, but the smock-mill identity remains visible through the retained mill body.
Eastry Mill is therefore a converted windmill rather than a restored working mill. Its significance lies in the survival of the smock structure and windshaft as physical evidence of a former Kentish corn mill. The site preserves one of the smaller but still recognisable east Kent windmill survivals.
Timeline
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Converted to house
The former smock mill was converted to domestic use.
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Windshaft retained
The converted mill is recorded with its windshaft surviving in situ.
Sources and records
Windmill World site entry
Mills Archive catalogue references
List of windmills in Kent
Mills Archive catalogue references
List of windmills in Kent