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
4309
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
19/10/1971
Date of Amendment
01/04/1998
Name of Property
Windmill Remains near Bryn Felin
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Llanengan
Town
Pwllheli
Locality
Llanengan
Easting
229737
Northing
327576
Street Side
Location
Situated some 700m NNE of Llanengan, some 200m up lane running W from the road to Abersoch to Craigfryn farm.
Description
Broad Class
Industrial
Period
History
Remains of a large stone windmill tower, probably C19, not marked on Llanengan Tithe Map 1839.
Exterior
Circular windmill tower, rubble stone, walls tapering somewhat upwards. Roofless and walls partially collapsed. Tall and wide N doorway has stone lintel above, large part-blocked S window at upper level, small window with stone lintel to NE lower level. Walls rise now only up to 5m approximately with beam slot for upper floor, which remains more substantially intact to S.
Interior
Reason for designation
A prominent landmark, and one of the few surviving windmill towers in the region.
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