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
515
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
26/07/1951
Date of Amendment
19/08/1991
Name of Property
Groed Onen Windmill
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Flintshire
Community
Holywell
Town
Locality
Pen-y-Maes
Easting
319051
Northing
375826
Street Side
Location
Set back from the bend in the road on the edge of the town centre.
Description
Broad Class
Industrial
Period
History
Exterior
Basingwerk Abbey is believed to have erected a windmill on this site. The present structure is however probably late C18 or ca 1800. The windmill has been restored over the last 10 years.
Conical tower windmill, stone built with plinth; recently whitewashed (Autumn 1990). Replaced weatherboarded boat-shaped cap with timber balcony except on sail side. 4-storeys with camber-arched headed openings and modern small-pane, top-hung windows arranged in regular tiers. 2-modern doors to N, the upper one opens onto a 1st floor balcony carried on raking timber struts springing from plinth; iron cleats.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as a prominent local landmark and as a rare surviving Welsh example of a full height windmill.
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