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
4708
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
23/01/1974
Date of Amendment
01/02/1996
Name of Property
Moelwyn Mill
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Ffestiniog
Town
Locality
Tan-y-Grisiau
Easting
269096
Northing
345486
Street Side
E
Location
Located prominently in the centre of Tan-y-Grisiau, by the roadside adjacent to the Pont Peithyll.
Description
Broad Class
Industrial
Period
History
Exterior
History: Early C18 water-driven fulling mill with C19 alterations; the only fulling mill in the Merioneth district to survive with its machinery complete.
Exterior: The mill is a 2-storey rubble building with renewed slate roof, partly with rock foundations. Entrance stepped-down to L with modern boarded door. 2 modern 12-pane windows to the R with 3 further above, irregularly-spaced. To the R a large overshot waterwheel with wooden spokes and iron wheel. Catslide outshut to rear and modern 3-pane skylight to roof.
Adjoining to the L the mid-C19 millhouse; construction as before with 2 floors above a raised basement. 2-bay with entrance to R and recessed 12-pane modern replacement windows; modern boarded door and plain fanlight. Beneath this, a basement entrance as before with further window to L. Modern stepped and railed access to entrance. The openings have rendered and whitened reveals and narrow stucco frames. Plain end chimneys and slate-hung mill-facing side;
The interior was not inspected during the re-survey, though is known to retain its machinery.
Reference: Information from Mr. F. Hildred.
Interior
Reason for designation
Group Description
Moelwyn Mill and Millhouse
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