Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
20972
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
27/11/1998
Date of Amendment
27/11/1998
Name of Property
Ruined Windmill Tower
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Vale of Glamorgan
Community
Wick
Town
Locality
Wick
Easting
292381
Northing
172049
Street Side
Location
Located in a field behind the primary school in Church Street, Wick. Accessed by a Public Footpath.
Description
Broad Class
Industrial
Period
History
Wick stands at a high altitude close to the coast so is an ideal location for windmills. This windmill may be the one shown on Emmanuel Bowen's map of 1729 and is marked on the 2" Ordnance Survey map of 1813 and the 1840 tithe map. It has been in its present condition since at least 1890.
Exterior
Windmill standing to over 1 storey high. Round plan, constructed of rubble stone. There are recesses at 1st floor level, possibly putlog holes, and the masonry above is slightly set back. Opposed door openings at ground level under segmental arched heads, to N and S. Offset to the NW at a slightly higher level is another tall opening under a segmental arched head with voussoirs. Three small openings on E side. Small opening to W side at ground level with stone lintel.
Interior
No features preserved inside, but recesses are visible in the internal walls which may be related to machinery.
Reason for designation
Listed as a rare survival of a windmill tower of considerable antiquity.
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