Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
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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