Davison's Mill
Davison's
Mill stands in a rural location on the outskirts of Stelling Minnis
village. It is a Grade I listed small smock mill, built in
1866.
The mill has an octagonal tower clad in tarred weatherboarding
with a rectangular cap. The base is only a few courses of bricks
high so the mill is only 43ft high.
George Goble was the owner in 1866 and he employed TR Holman (a
well known local millwright) to build the smock mill on the site of
an earlier post mill.
When George died in 1878, Henry Davison acquired the mill and it
stayed in his family for 92 years. Kent County Council took over
the mill on Alec Davison's death in 1970.
The mill was fully restored during the 1970s by millwrights
Pargeter and Lennard with repairs to the cap, weatherboarding and 2
new sweeps.
Today, the mill is virtually as it was when it was built, and is
capable of working with 2 pairs of millstones.
Trees around the site prevent the sweeps turning with wind
power, but the mill machinery can be operated using its original
engine. The Kent Mills Society have been responsible for
restoring and maintaining the machinery.
The mill is open to the public and there is a small museum with
artefacts related to the mill and milling.
Location
- Mill Lane, Stelling Minnis off the B2068 Canterbury to Hythe
Road
- Grid Reference: TR 146, 465
- Historic Environment Record number:
TR 14 NW 9
- Contact number: (01227) 709550/709238