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
5926
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
14/05/1970  
Date of Amendment
26/01/1996  
Name of Property
Windmill adapted as machine-gun post  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Pembrokeshire  
Community
Angle  
Town
 
Locality
Hubberton  
Easting
186682  
Northing
201944  
Street Side
 
Location
In field E of B4320 road after turning N to approach the village.  

Description


Broad Class
Industrial  
Period
 

History
A windmill is recorded here c.1600, but this structure may be C18. Probably derelict by 1842. In about 1941, with the establishment of Angle Airfield following air raids on Milford Haven, a battle HQ bunker was built about 40 m E of the windmill. The windmill was adapted to serve as a machine-gun post, probably because it had sufficient height for clear view over the nearby hutments.  

Exterior
Windmill: cylindrical base surviving to a height of about 5 m. Local stonework in irregular courses. Ground level entrance at E. Upper level original apertures at N and S, both now blocked with masonry. The latter openings have lintels with relieving arches above. Wartime adaptations: The interior reinforced all round with brickwork. Step-irons for access through a manhole to the upper level. The upper floor consists of concrete laid on corrugated iron sheeting over re-used railway rails. Bricks around manhole. Four apertures with concrete lintels and with steel frames and shutters of which only traces remain, with wide external splays in wood and brick, to give 360o visibility. No roof.  

Interior
 

Reason for designation
Listed as survival of an C18 windmill with additional significance in relation to wartime bunker and airfield.  

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