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Corn milling function recorded
Falfield Mill is recorded as a tower mill used for corn milling.
Site overview
Falfield Mill is a former tower corn mill at Falfield. The listed remains are a tapering conical stump of rubble construction with a stone slate roof, square- and segmental-headed doors and windows, and a projecting oven on the north side. The windmill is said to have been built in 1708 for William Ford.
Later industrial archaeology records describe it as a tower mill converted to a residence, with one of the millstones reused as the front doorstep. Specialist mill records identify it as a corn mill and record the present survival as house converted. The remains were listed at Grade II on 5 June 1984.
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History
Falfield Mill is a former tower corn mill in the parish of Falfield. It is said to have been built in 1708 for William Ford, making it an early documented Gloucestershire tower mill. The surviving structure is no longer a complete working mill, but it preserves a substantial conical stump.
The listed fabric is built of rubble and has a stone slate roof. The remains include square- and segmental-headed openings, a projecting oven on the north side, a brick stack on the eaves, and an illegible plaque set high on the north wall. Earlier industrial archaeology material described the tower as converted to residential use and noted that one of the millstones had been reused as the front doorstep.
Specialist mill records identify the site as Falfield tower mill and record its function as corn milling. Historic England listed the remains at Grade II on 5 June 1984 under the official name Remains of Windmill at National Grid Reference ST 6839 9299. The surviving house-converted tower stump preserves the visible fabric of Falfield's former wind-powered corn mill.
Timeline
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Tower converted to residence
The former windmill tower was converted to residential use, with one millstone reused as a front doorstep.
1708
Windmill built for William Ford
Falfield Mill is said to have been built in 1708 for William Ford.
1984
Grade II listing
The remains of the Falfield windmill were listed at Grade II.
1987
Historic England photographs taken
The Old Windmill at Falfield was photographed by the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England.
Sources and records
Historic England listed building entry
Windmill World site entry
Mills Archive site record
Gloucestershire Historical Studies article
Historic England archive photograph
Windmill World site entry
Mills Archive site record
Gloucestershire Historical Studies article
Historic England archive photograph