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
5411
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
07/08/1952  
Date of Amendment
16/10/1998  
Name of Property
Melin Wynt y Craig  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Isle of Anglesey  
Community
Llangefni  
Town
Llangefni  
Locality
Llangefni  
Easting
246481  
Northing
375763  
Street Side
 
Location
Located in a prominent, elevated position at the NE part of Llangefni; c.750m ESE of the church of St. Cyngar.  

Description


Broad Class
Industrial  
Period
 

History
Early C19 wind-powered cornmill, thought to have been built in 1829. Closed in 1893, by the turn of the century the mill had fallen into a bad state of repair, its sails dismantled and the machinery removed. The tower was adapted for use as a communications tower c.1990.  

Exterior
Full height, 3-storey windmill tower; circular plan, with slightly tapering walls of rubble masonry originally rendered (some render remains). Doorway to N and rectangular windows (modern) at stages above; openings with flat-arch, voussoir lintels. The mill tower has a modern cap; slate faced, with broadly projecting eaves, slightly tapering sides to flat roof.  

Interior
 

Reason for designation
Listed as a substantially intact windmill tower, one of only 18 surviving on Anglesey. In early-mid C19 there were over 40 windmills operating on the island, grinding the large volumes of corn then being produced.  

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