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
5563
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
30/01/1968
Date of Amendment
14/01/2003
Name of Property
Melin Orsedd
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Isle of Anglesey
Community
Pentraeth
Town
Locality
Rhoscefnhir
Easting
252320
Northing
376293
Street Side
Location
Set back from the SE side of the country road leading SW off the A5025 through the small hamlet of Rhoscefnhir.
Description
Broad Class
Industrial
Period
History
Probably C18 windmill tower, the date of the construction of the tower is unknown, and the early millers unrecorded. The mill is listed in the Tithe Apportionment of the parish, 1841, owned by John Rowland and occupied by Owen Williams. The Census Returns of the same year list Owen Williams as miller, and he occupies the mill with his 6 children (4 of whom are entered with the same age). He is still at the mill in 1851, but only 2 children are recorded along with 3 servants, including a carrier. By 1856 the mill appears to have been taken over by John Jones, listed as miller in the Slater's Directory of that year; in the directories of 1883 and 1889 the mill appears to be run jointly by Thomas Jones and Robert Williams. Ceased production when the mill burnt down in early C20.
Exterior
Ground floor walling of a circular windmill tower. Sloping wall of partly mortared uncoursed rubble masonry including small packing. Opposing doorways with rough voussoirs, and small window opening to NW.
Interior
Interior overgrown.
Reason for designation
Included as the remains of a windmill tower. In early-mid C19 there were over 40 windmills operating on the island, grinding the large volumes of corn then being produced, now only 18 complete towers survive.
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