Site overview

Martin's Hill Mill is a former tower corn mill at Oddington, now associated with Millway Tower. The windmill was marked as the ruins of Oddington Mill on Bryant's map and as Oddington Mill on the first edition Ordnance Survey map. It gave its name to Millway Field, recorded in 1584, was rebuilt in 1813, and had ceased working by 1884.

Part of the building remained in 1960. Specialist mill records identify the site as Martin's Hill Mill, a tower corn mill. Later photographs describe the former windmill as long stripped of sails and converted into residential use, with modern architectural work incorporating the old tower.

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History

Martin's Hill Mill was a tower corn mill at Oddington. The windmill was marked on Bryant's map as the ruins of Oddington Mill and on the first edition Ordnance Survey map as Oddington Mill. The site gave its name to Millway Field, recorded in 1584.

The mill was rebuilt in 1813 and had ceased working by 1884. Part of the building remained in 1960, and later records continued to mark it as a disused windmill. Specialist mill records identify the site as Martin's Hill Mill, Oddington, and record its function as corn milling.

The former windmill has since been converted and extended as Millway Tower. Photographs from 2006 describe the building as a former windmill that had long lost its sails and had been converted into a residential property. Modern architectural accounts describe Millway Tower as a restored, converted, and extended Victorian windmill between Stow-on-the-Wold and Upper and Lower Oddington. The site therefore preserves a heavily adapted but visible tower-mill survival on Martin's Hill.

Timeline

1584

Millway Field name recorded

The windmill site gave its name to Millway Field, recorded in 1584.
1813

Windmill rebuilt

Oddington Mill was rebuilt in 1813.
1884

Working life ended

The windmill had ceased working by 1884.
1960

Partial survival recorded

Part of the former windmill building remained in 1960.
2006

Converted windmill photographed

The former windmill near Martin's Hill was photographed after conversion to residential use.
2020

Converted Millway Tower recorded

Millway Tower was described as a restored, converted, and extended Victorian windmill.

Sources and records

Windmill World site entry
Mills Archive site record
Gloucestershire Historical Studies article
Geograph photographic record
Tyack Architects project article
Modern House Index record