Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Date of Designation
16/11/1962
Date of Amendment
18/11/2005
Name of Property
Bettisfield Windmill
Unitary Authority
Wrexham
Location
An isolated building on Cadney Moss, reached by minor roads and private roads, approximately 1.5km SE of Bettisfield church.
History
An C18 corn mill shown as still working on the 1873 Ordnance Survey, but disused by the time of the 1900 survey.
Exterior
A round tapering windmill base stands to 2-storey height. Of brick, much of it in the process of renewal at the time of inspection. It has doorways in the E and W sides and windows in both storeys. A pitched roof is planned.
Reason for designation
Listed, notwithstanding its partial survival and poor condition, as a rare surviving example of a once familiar building type.
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