the site of this mill is marked by water mill wharf, north of the railway bridge. it belonged to temple strood manor and in the mid-fourteenth century contained "two water mills under one roof". an engraving by s & n buck dated 1721 shows the mill, and it appears in "a distant view of rochester and chatham" by joshua farington, ra, in 1790. a sketch by w h reynolds shows the mill in greater detail, and was done at a later date. the mill had two undershot waterwheels and was valued in the church rate books of 1764 at £64.1s.1d. latterly a steam engine was installed to enable the mill to work for longer periods. the mill was demolished in 1858. latterly it drove five pairs of millstones, one wheel worked two pairs of french burr stones and one pair of peak stones. the other wheel worked two pairs of french burr stones, wheat cleaners, flour dressers and the sack hoist.