1800–1899
Tower mill built
A red-brick tower corn mill was built on Corley Moor during the nineteenth century.
Site overview
Fillongley Windmill is a former wind-powered corn mill on Corley Moor. The surviving structure is a round, tapering red-brick tower of three stages with a rebuilt conical cap. It was built in the nineteenth century and later converted for residential use.
The tower is Grade II listed and survives within a private domestic setting.
Map
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History
Fillongley Windmill, also known as the windmill on Corley Moor, was built as a tower corn mill in the nineteenth century. The surviving tower is red brick, circular and tapering, with three stages and a rebuilt conical cap. Later alterations were made before its conversion to a house in the late twentieth century.
The mill no longer retains its original working role, but the tower remains as the principal surviving structure. It stands on Corley Moor in North Warwickshire and is protected as a Grade II listed building.
Timeline
1952
Grade II listing
Fillongley Windmill was listed at Grade II.
1977
Residential conversion
The former tower mill was converted for residential use in the late twentieth century.
Sources and records
Historic England National Heritage List entry
Windmill World site entry
Mills Archive mill record
Warwickshire Historic Environment Record
Windmill World site entry
Mills Archive mill record
Warwickshire Historic Environment Record