Description
For a description of the machinery, see Mill machinery.Oare Mill is a five-storey tower mill with a stage at first-floor level. It formerly had four single patent sails carried on a cast-iron windshaft, and a Kentish-style cap. The cap was the largest on any mill in Kent, measuring 17 feet (5.18 m) by 14 feet (4.27 m) in plan and 9 feet 9 inches (2.97 m) high. The mill was winded by a fantail. It drove four pairs of millstones overdrift. The wallower remains, mounted at the top of the Upright Shaft, which is woooden and 18 inches (460 mm) square. The Great Spur Wheel also remains.
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