Drapers Mill
Drapers Mill is a
smock windmill, that was built in a completely rural setting, which
is now part of Margate.
It is a Grade II listed property with tarred
weatherboarding on an octagonal brick base.
It was constructed in 1845 by the Canterbury millwright John
Holman, on the site of earlier mills. It was worked by wind until
1916 and powered by a gas engine until 1933.
The mill was in a dilapidated condition when Kent County Council
acquired it in 1968 and a programme of restoration was carried out.
The mill is now fully functional.
There is open land to the south of Drapers Mill (a school
site) and to the north (a field owned by the council). An
Anglo-Saxon cemetery is nearby and some Roman remains have been
recorded. It is looked after by the Drapers Windmill Trust.
Location
- To the east of Margate centre, on St Peter's Footpath off
College Road
- Grid reference: TR 363, 701
- Historic Environment Record number:
TR 37 SE 47
- Contact number: (01843) 291696/220995