Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
The Mill, Llandybie
Llandybie, Carmarthenshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Llandybie village, Ammanford, Llandybie, Carmarthenshire, designated on 12 October 1972.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Industrial
- Date of designation
- 12 October 1972
- Locality
- Llandybie village
- Town
- Ammanford
- Community
- Llandybie
- Unitary authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.82101, -4.00455
- Cadw reference
- 11119
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1860 map "41. Caermathen." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1860 · 41. Caermathen. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Sheet 10. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. . (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 230 Ammanford (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 230 Ammanford (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Beside Afon Marlais to the north east of Llandybie Bridge. Former miller's house immediately to its east.
History
Probably an 18th-century corn mill, said to have been used later to grind silica rock. Mill race carried water from a weir ½ km north on the Afon Marlais. The wheel is said to have been breast-shot. The mill was on the Cawdor estate, for the use of Cawdor tenants; occupied by Daniel and Jane Bowen in 1824. In 1840 it was recorded as mill, homestead and waste in the occupation of Evan Evans. Last worked during the 1914-18 war.
Exterior
Three storey, three window front of axe-dressed limestone roughly brought to courses, facing east towards the miller's house. Gabled asbestos roof with axe-dressed stone stack to the south end. Small rectangular fixed-light openings with mullions to second floor; windows to first and ground floors with cambered head linings and mullions and transoms; one segmental-headed window and two segmental-headed entrances on ground floor.
Rubble masonry in the south gable end. Doors to the ground and first storeys. A flight of wooden steps which formerly led to the upper entrance has disappeared. Small cambered-head opening at left; blocked opening beneath.
Full-width projection to the rear (west) side, under a catslide continuation of the main roof in slates. Segmental arches over two door openings; near the eaves is a small boxed bearing in which a pillow block survives.
Single storey stone shed at the north end, in tandem, with informal shedding roofed in corrugated steel at its rear.
Interior
No mill machinery remains.
Reason for designation
A village corn mill of considerable character retaining its relationship to its listed miller's house.
Nearby in the register
- The Mill House, LlandybieIndustrialunder 1 mi
- Llandybie BridgeTransportunder 1 mi
- Stone Spheres at Entrance to Plâs LlandybieDomesticunder 1 mi
- Church of St. TybieReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.