Full Report for Listed Buildings
The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.
Summary Description
Reference Number
1650
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
16/11/1962
Date of Amendment
18/11/2005
Name of Property
Bettisfield Windmill
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Wrexham
Community
Maelor South
Town
Locality
Cadney Bank
Easting
347203
Northing
334911
Street Side
Location
An isolated building on Cadney Moss, reached by minor roads and private roads, approximately 1.5km SE of Bettisfield church.
Description
Broad Class
Industrial
Period
History
An C18 corn mill shown as still working on the 1873 Ordnance Survey, but disused by the time of the 1900 survey.
Exterior
A round tapering windmill base stands to 2-storey height. Of brick, much of it in the process of renewal at the time of inspection. It has doorways in the E and W sides and windows in both storeys. A pitched roof is planned.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed, notwithstanding its partial survival and poor condition, as a rare surviving example of a once familiar building type.
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