A windmill was standing on this site in 1847. Vale Windmill is a five-storey tower mill that was built in 1850. Photographs show it to have had four patent sails mounted in a canister, and an ogee cap similar in shape to those found in Suffolk, winded by a fantail. The mill had a stage at first floor level. It was converted into an artillery observation post by the Germans during the Second World War. This work entailed a three-storey extension being built on the mill tower, making it high overall. The windmill featured on a 2p postage due stamp issued by the Guernsey post office in 1982.