Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
15937
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
22/02/1995
Date of Amendment
22/02/1995
Name of Property
Old Windmill
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Monmouthshire
Community
Rogiet
Town
Locality
Rogiet
Easting
345519
Northing
188259
Street Side
Location
Situated on hill N of village at the S edge of higher ground rising from the levels, immediately N of the M4 motorway.
Description
Broad Class
Industrial
Period
History
Windmill tower probably built c 1500. Earliest reference in lease of 1526. No evidence when disused; probably used as watch tower in C18. Appears as round building in survey of 1746 and referred to as old mill on Ordnance Survey map 1830. Now ruined with W and S sides substantially masked by vegetation.
Exterior
Of small scale rubble. Walls c 1m thick taper slightly and are offset below present wall head. Three original openings, possibly 4. Former narrow stairs to upper floor S. Doorway SW with rubble jambs, possibly a window above it. Opposite is a second opening probably a window with doorway above; heads of both broken. Intact slit window upper floor S.
Interior
3 tiers of beam slots. Slots also indicate stairs from ground to first floor and plaster line indicates former continuation to top floor. Diameter suggests one pair of millstones.
Reason for designation
Listed in spite of incomplete survival for early date and as only one in Monmouthshire of SW group of small tower mills.
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