Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Felin Fach
Nantcwnlle, Ceredigion, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Industrial
- Date of designation
- 26 November 1996
- Locality
- Nantcwnlle
- Town
- Lampeter
- Community
- Nantcwnlle
- Unitary authority
- Ceredigion
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.21035, -4.05163
- Cadw reference
- 17796
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1608 "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Situated on N side of Llangeitho road some 60m W of bridge over Gwenffrwd that marks the community E boundary.
History
Early C19 water-powered corn-mill, marked on 1843 Nantcwnlle Tithe Map, owned by Hester Lloyd of Cilpyll.
Exterior
Whitewashed rubble stone with slate roofs. L-plan, with lofted main N range running W-E and single-storey SW wing. Main range has W end broad cambered-headed doorway below and large arched loft-light above, both with painted stone voussoirs. Later doors and boarding. N side is built into bank, with double doors to first floor. E end has iron waterwheel, probably 3 m, made by Eagle Foundry, Aberystwyth.
SW range has W side mostly C20 with double-doors built out to line with W gable of main range, and single door to right, all with blockwork piers. Rubble original wall at S end, with two windows under single timber lintel. Brick lean-to to rear.
Reason for designation
Listed as a small early C19 rural water mill with waterwheel, the exterior distingished by the arched window to the loft.
Nearby in the register
- Cilpyll FarmhouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Barn at Cilpyll FarmAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- GlanmarchDomesticunder 1 mi
- Fedw FawrDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.