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
5393
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
12/05/1970
Date of Amendment
31/01/2001
Name of Property
Melin Newydd
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Isle of Anglesey
Community
Bodffordd
Town
Locality
Llandrygarn
Easting
239014
Northing
380282
Street Side
Location
Set back from the E side of a country road leading N off the B5109 between Glan-yr-afon and Trefor.
Description
Broad Class
Industrial
Period
History
Early-mid C19 windmill tower, built on land belonging to the Bodorgan estate in 1833; the date is inscribed on a stone above its N doorway along with the initials: O I A F M, for Owen John Augustus Fuller Meyrick. The mill was one of the last windmills to be erected on Anglesey and the name 'Melin Newydd' was given to distinguish it from an existing watermill nearby; both mills were used in conjunction, the miller deciding which was the most suitable to use depending on the prevailing weather conditions.
Sutton's Directory names Rowland Roberts as miller during the 1890s, and he was followed by William Roberts who worked the mill until the early 1920s when it sustained serious damage in a storm and was forced to close. The sails and machinery were removed and the tower had a corrugated iron roof erected after the removal of the cap. Now in use as a cowhouse.
Exterior
Early-mid C19 circular windmill tower. Built of mortared rubble masonry, formerly rendered, some render remains. Windows at 1st and 2nd floors, opposing ground floor door-ways; openings with rough voussoir cambered heads. The tower stands on a raised circular platform with enclosing rubble revetment wall.
Interior
Interior not inspected at the time of the survey.
Reason for designation
Listed as a good example of an early-mid C19 windmill tower, retaining the original planned form, openings, and character. Melin Newydd is one of only 18 complete towers surviving on Anglesey out of over 40 windmills that were operating on the island in the early-mid C19.
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