Site overview

Areley Common Mill is a surviving tower corn mill at Areley Kings, near Stourport-on-Severn. Built around 1800, it stood on Areley Common and formed part of the former wind-powered corn-milling landscape west of the River Severn. The mill was later disused and converted to domestic use, becoming known locally as The Round House.

The surviving structure is recorded as a windmill and house of nineteenth-century origin, and specialist mill records identify it as a tower corn mill. Although the cap, sails, and working machinery no longer survive as a complete milling installation, the converted tower remains a visible survival of Areley Kings' windmill history.

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History

Areley Common Mill is the surviving tower mill at Areley Kings, near Stourport-on-Severn. The mill stood on Areley Common, where nineteenth-century local development was still sparse and the common retained a largely open character. It was a wind-powered corn mill and is generally dated to around 1800.

The mill was one of the few surviving Worcestershire windmill structures west of the River Severn. It is recorded as a tower mill and later became a domestic building known as The Round House. The surviving fabric preserves the circular tower form of the former windmill, although the wind-powered equipment has gone. The cap, sails, and full working machinery no longer define the building, and its later identity is that of a converted windmill tower.

The former mill remains an important landmark in the Areley Common area. Local history records connect it with the early settlement pattern of Areley Common before enclosure and later suburban development, while specialist mill records preserve its identity as Areley Common Mill, a tower corn mill associated with Areley Kings.

Timeline

Corn milling use

The tower mill was used as a wind-powered corn mill on Areley Common.

Converted to domestic use

The former windmill tower was converted to domestic use and became known as The Round House.
1800

Tower mill built

Areley Common Mill was built around 1800 as a tower corn mill at Areley Kings.

Sources and records

Windmill World site entry
Mills Archive site record
Areley Kings Village History Group windmill page
Victoria County History: Areley Kings
Worcestershire heritage and archaeology assessment