Located on a small elevation on the edge of the Arenal beach promenade, the Molí del Morelló occupies the westernmost end of the so-called archaeological area of Baños de la Reina.
This building is representative of the typology of flour windmills in the Marina Alta region, which is what gives it its fundamental interest.
Taller than it is wide, it is an isolated, cylindrical construction that stands on the natural ground (tosca). It is basically built of faceted living stone and bound with abundant lime mortar, forming a large wall.
The lintelled doorway, facing southwest, is built with tosca stone ashlars. It is through here that one could access the ground floor and, in turn, the swell step of a semi-circular staircase, all of whose steps (approximately 17) have survived. This staircase led to the upper floor where the mill machinery was located, as was a small chamber, of which two beams still remain.
The vault that supported the upper floor is made of rough ashlars, worked with lime mortar, which is still preserved in its entirety. There is also still a hole with a quadrangular section corresponding to the passage of the channelling through which the flour was conveyed.
The exterior wall was reinforced at its base with a belt of the same masonry work as that of the whole set and tosca ashlars.
On the upper floor there are two open windows, one above the door and the other opposite. There are no remains of the original upper covering; however, the masonry structure supported by the upper end of the mill wall still survives. Until a few years ago, this supported a gable roof, with which the mill was covered from the 1940s onwards, when it was used as a dwelling and stable by its owners.
As for the time of construction of the mill, we know that in 1792 the botanist Cavanilles explored the whole Morelló area in depth, finding the first traces of mosaics in the Roman site of the Baños de la Reina, but never mentioning the existence of a defence tower or mill in that area.
In Pascual Madoz’s Dictionary of 1845, there is no mention of any wind or water flour mill in Calpe. However, in F. Coello’s 1859 map of Calpe, the mill already appears, so we can date its construction to the first half of the 19th century, a period in which many of the windmills in the Marina Alta were built.
In the 1893 census of plots and houses, the owner of the mill and miller was Pedro Ferrer Signes, born in 1825. This man may have been the builder of the mill, whose useful life may have come to an end after his death.
In the first decade of the 20th century, Antonio Llopis, a landowner from Benissa, came to own the mill and much of the adjoining land. A few years later, the 1916 land registry listed these lands as owned by Antonio’s daughter, Teresa Llopis Ivars.
Finally, as a curiosity, mention should be made of the "graffiti" inside the mill, located at the top of the staircase, and representing a boat, measuring 57x39 centimetres. It is in an acceptable state of preservation, although more modern inscriptions appear on it. The boat it portrays is of considerable dimensions, as it has three masts and several sails, two of which are triangular Latin sails. According to this typology, it would not be a "llaud" or fishing boat, but rather a boat used for coastal trade.