SC19056 - Heritage Conservation - Cranbrook Windmill

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This project will involve the renovation of Union Windmill, Cranbrook. Union Mill is one of Kent County Council’s eight historic windmills and is listed as Grade I. The tower of the mill is 76ft (23m) tall, excluding the sails, with seven storeys. The mill is octagonal in plan. The lower half is tarred brickwork. The upper, timber-framed portion is clad in feather-edge weatherboarding decorated white. The cap roof is the same. There is a cantilevered platform at the back of the cap which supports the fantail, and parts of this are rotten. This is a requirement for the removal by crane of the windmill sails and the removal to a specialist millwright where they can be repaired. Whilst the sails are removed the works will continue with the erection of access scaffolding to allow the repair and weatherproofing of existing woodwork as well as the refurbishment of specialist external gearing (again to be the responsibility of a recognised millwright). The project will conclude with the striking of the access scaffold and the return to site and lifting into position of the newly refurbished sails. This RfQ will consist of 4 lots: Lot 1 - Craneage Lot 2 – Millwright (Specialist Mill Contractor) Lot 3 - Scaffolding Lot 4 - Renovation/Refurb (Building Contractor) Keywords: Grade 1 listed building, Millwright, Building Contractor, Crane, Scaffolding, Windmill