Mill Shop is a Grade II listed building in the Thanet local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 February 1990. Former granary, mill shop.

Mill Shop

WRENN ID
solemn-ember-auburn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Thanet
Constituency
Herne Bay and Sandwich MP: Sir Roger Gale (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 February 1990
Type
Former granary, mill shop
Address
Mill Shop, Canterbury Road, Sarre
OS grid reference
TR 259 650
Coordinates
51.33993, 1.24288
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Mill Shop, originally a granary for Sarre Windmill, dates from the late 18th century or early 19th century, and may predate the windmill built in 1820. The building incorporates remains of whips from an earlier windmill on the site. The ground floor is constructed of tarred brick, while the first floor is weatherboarded, previously tarred. It features a hipped roof covered with old tiles.

On the front, the left side has a first-floor plank door with a ladder, and the right side has an early 19th-century plank door. There is also a first-floor plank door on the side. The ground floor has two rectangular openings that are blocked with plywood on the outside but still have iron bars inside; one of these openings retains its original shutters.

Inside, the ground floor has exposed spine beams and floor joists, along with remnants of grain chutes. The first floor features two jeweled posts with a curved profile from the 18th century, diagonal braces to the wall plate, a pegged roof with purlins and a ridge piece, and remains of grain bins. The winch for the sack hoist is still present. At the rear, there is a former stable that was re-roofed with corrugated iron in the 20th century, along with a 20th-century lean-to that is not of special interest.

Local climate

Mill Shop sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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