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
85291
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
12/05/1970  
Date of Amendment
08/02/2006  
Name of Property
Melin Frogwy  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Isle of Anglesey  
Community
Llanddyfnan  
Town
 
Locality
Bodfordd  
Easting
242685  
Northing
377247  
Street Side
 
Location
Set well back, along a trackway, from the N side of the High Street (B5109) in the village of Bodfordd.  

Description


Broad Class
Industrial  
Period
 

History
Probably C19, built close to the site of an established watermill. The windmill appears to have been a short lived venture and had fallen into disuse by the beginning of the 1890s. William Roberts who farmed at nearby Gafrogwy Fawr and owned both wind and water mills at Frogwy, decided to convert the windmill tower into a dwelling, adding a single storey extension to serve as a kitchen. The tower was renovated in the early months of 2002.  

Exterior
Full height windmill tower. Built of local rubble masonry. Modern slate roof; conical roof to tower. The doors and windows are modern in original openings.  

Interior
Not inspected.  

Reason for designation
Listed as a good early C19 windmill tower, retaining the original planned form, openings and character, notwithstanding the new roof and modern lights. Frogwy mill is one of only 18 windmill towers surviving on Anglesey, out of over 40 that were operating in early-mid C19.  

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