Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
5411
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
07/08/1952
Date of Amendment
16/10/1998
Name of Property
Melin Wynt y Craig
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Isle of Anglesey
Community
Llangefni
Town
Llangefni
Locality
Llangefni
Easting
246481
Northing
375763
Street Side
Location
Located in a prominent, elevated position at the NE part of Llangefni; c.750m ESE of the church of St. Cyngar.
Description
Broad Class
Industrial
Period
History
Early C19 wind-powered cornmill, thought to have been built in 1829. Closed in 1893, by the turn of the century the mill had fallen into a bad state of repair, its sails dismantled and the machinery removed. The tower was adapted for use as a communications tower c.1990.
Exterior
Full height, 3-storey windmill tower; circular plan, with slightly tapering walls of rubble masonry originally rendered (some render remains). Doorway to N and rectangular windows (modern) at stages above; openings with flat-arch, voussoir lintels. The mill tower has a modern cap; slate faced, with broadly projecting eaves, slightly tapering sides to flat roof.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as a substantially intact windmill tower, one of only 18 surviving on Anglesey. In early-mid C19 there were over 40 windmills operating on the island, grinding the large volumes of corn then being produced.
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