| St Margaret's Bay Windmill | |
| Location Of Mill: | St Margaret's at Cliffe, Kent |
| Gbgridref: | TR 363 436 |
| Coordinates: | 51.1421°N 1.3764°W |
| Built: | 1929 |
| Purpose: | Electricity generation |
| Type: | Smock mill |
| Storeys: | Three-storey smock |
| Base Storeys: | Single-storey base |
| Smock Sides: | Eight-sided |
| Sail Number: | Four |
| Sail Type: | Double Patent sails |
| Windshaft: | Cast iron |
| Winding: | Fantail |
| Fantail Blades: | Six blades |
| Other: | Last new build traditional windmill in Kent. |
St Margaret's Bay Windmill is a Grade II listed smock mill on South Foreland, the southeasternmost point of England. It was built in 1929 to generate electricity for the attached house, high on the White Cliffs of Dover.
The mill was built for Sir William Bearswell by Holman's, the Canterbury millwrights. It was built to generate electricity and started generating in June 1929.[1] The mill ceased to generate electricity in 1939, when the dynamo was removed. During the Second World War, the mill was occupied by a special branch of the WRNS.[2] Repairs were done to the mill in 1969 by millwrights Vincent Pargeter and Philip Lennard. These included a new fantail and repairs to the sails.[3]
St Margaret's Bay Windmill is a three-storey smock mill on a single-storey brick base. It has four patent sails and is winded by a fantail.[1] The mill generated electricity via a dynamo and is now used as residential accommodation, a use it has always had.[3]