Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Twr Y Felin (former Windmill Tower only)
St. David's and the Cathedral Close, Pembrokeshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in St. David's and the Cathedral Close, Pembrokeshire, designated on 28 July 1992.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Industrial
- Date of designation
- 28 July 1992
- Community
- St. David's and the Cathedral Close
- Unitary authority
- Pembrokeshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.87905, -5.25896
- Cadw reference
- 12584
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 1608 map "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1637 · Particular description of Wales. Cambria seu Wallia (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 209 St David's (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Situated to rear of house, which is some 120m E of junction of Feidr Pant-y-bryn and Ffordd Caerfai, on SE edge of St David's.
History
Tower of former windmill of 1806, substantially heightened and altered in 1907 for H Evans as part of an Edwardian hotel. The original building was of whitewashed rubble with low conical cap and sails.
Tower is main part of the only surviving windmill in the area, built 1806 by G Llewellyn of Ty-Gwyn, later owned by G Williams of St David's and from 1861 by David Evans of Ty-Gwyn. Attached 1907 house is not included in listing.
Exterior
Present structure is tall, pebbledashed with machicolated battlements and recessed 16-sided belvedere with slate roof and octagonal timber lantern. Irregularly spaced large 4-pane sash windows to main tower, belvedere has cambered-head sashes to seven sides and one door. Plain walls between and chimney on S side.
Nearby in the register
- Walls of Wallled Garden at The Grove HotelDomesticunder 1 mi
- The Grove HotelCommercialunder 1 mi
- Cocyn RoundCommunicationsunder 1 mi
- 46 High StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.