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Upper Mill, Wateringbury

A water-powered corn mill in the historic county of Kent, England.

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The mill is Grade Ii Listed and under restoration (2016) and conversion. A three-storey brick building with hipped roof, this mill worked until around 1910 when the waterwheel was replaced by a turbine which was used to power generators. During the 1970's and 1980's the owner has been repairing the structure to the extent that a replacement wheel from Lower Mill, Polegate in East Sussex has been obtained together with other gear from a mill at Storrington at West Sussex. This is slowly being refitted and at present the overshot 16' x 6' wheel is fully operational. The only original machinery surviving from the mill, a corn cleaner and three pairs of millstones, are to be used in the restoration, which by 2007 had stalled.

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Alternative names Brattle's Mill
Power source Water
Mill type Watermill
River Wateringbury Stream
Mill function Corn mill
Archive ID 8521
Location Wateringbury
Historic county Kent
Country England, United Kingdom
NGR TQ 68651 53367
Latitude/longitude 51.25454623, 0.41543853

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Rob Cumming, May 2016

 

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