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Map/aerial photo of the area around the mill

Watts' Cross Mill: Smock mill function:Corn mill - ruinous base

Hildenborough, 1986 © Rob Cumming
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Entry in Mills Archive database - #2656 - Watts' Cross Mill, Hildenborough

The remains of the windmill are Grade II Listed.

[English Heritage]

Muggeridge Collection photos

Listed Building, Grade II: REMAINS OF WINDMILL IN THE GARDEN OF THE OLD MILL HOUSE (listed 1954-10-20)

Details from the English Windmills Photographic Register by Guy Blythman
Watt's Cross, smock mill
Photos: (1) Batten (a) preserved with 4 sails (2) Coles Finch (a) w/o (b) as preserved (3) de Little (a) derelict, with cap roof and much boarding gone, one stock left (b) in course of demolition, 1961 (4) Wailes (WIK) (a) w/o (5) TIMS Transactions 4th Symposium 1977 (a) derelict with 4 sails, probably 1950s (6) de Little 2 (a) compass arm great spur wheel (7) NMR (a) w/o (b-c) as preserved, February 1932 (d-e) as preserved, May 1940 (f) as preserved, 1942 (g-i) derelict, 1957 (8) UOK (MC) (a-c) as preserved, August 1936 (d) base and stage, August 1936

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Images from Historic England - hover over image to see copyright info, and to enable zoom
The windmill at Watts Cross
Watts Cross Windmill, Hildenborough, Watts Cross, Tonbridge And Malling, Kent
1892 - 1933 - Drawing
Remains Of Windmill In The Garden Of The Old Mill House
Mill Lane, Hildenborough, Tonbridge And Malling, Kent, TN11 9LX
25 Aug 2002 - Photograph (Digital)
From the Images of England project
Bags of cereal being loaded onto a cart from Watts Cross smock mill
Watts Cross Windmill, Mill Lane, Hildenborough, Tonbridge And Malling, Kent
1900 - 1910 - Photograph (Negative)
International Mill Database Entry
name Watt's Cross Mill
id 5459
description Surviving base of a former smock mill with reefing stage
drive power recent none
drive power originally windmill
mill type smock mill
special construction octagonal; reefing stage
function type grain mill
condition type remains
map location 51.222135,0.231145
country United Kingdom
state England
county Kent
municipality Tonbridge
city Hildenborough
zip TN11 9NB
street Mill Lane
logo detail windmill_nophoto
sails shuttered
luffing wheel-and-chain winding
floors count 1


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