Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Castle Mill
Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Kidwelly/Cydweli, Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire, designated on 28 July 1998.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Industrial
- Date of designation
- 28 July 1998
- Locality
- Kidwelly/Cydweli
- Town
- Kidwelly
- Community
- Kidwelly
- Unitary authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.73792, -4.30722
- Cadw reference
- 20192
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1637 · The fourth table of England. Cornub. Devonia, Somerset etc. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Sheet 10. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. . (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 229 Carmarthen (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1920 · Sheet 100. Llanelly. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Situated on N bank of Gwendraeth Fach, some 100m E of Kidwelly Bridge, reached by lane running S from medieval town gatehouse.
History
1804 former corn-mill, built by Benjamin Haselwood, on site of medieval mill first mentioned in 1114. Restored as antique furniture store.
Exterior
Rubble stone with red brick dressings to mill, and rendered front to former house, all under same slate roof with small end stacks, rendered to right, stone to left. Three-storey, four-window range. Mill, to left, has red brick to left corner ground and first floors only. Three six-pane upper windows irregularly spaced, two fixed 16-pane first floor windows, not aligned with attic windows, and two blocked ground floor windows, one with red-brick head. To right, broad entrance arch, apparently remodelled in C20, reaching into first floor, with red sandstone voussoirs. Recessed double-doors between small-paned sidewindows, all under oak lintel. House to right has 4-pane top window, two first floor long small-paned casement pairs and ground floor similar casement pair. Rendered end-wall and rear with casement windows. Rear of mill has three first floor windows and brick-arch to basement right, for former mill-leat.
Interior
Stone dividing wall between mill and former house. Heavy oak ceiling beams to ground floor, pine beams above. Pine roof-trusses, tie-beam and queen-post, some ties cut.
Reason for designation
Listed as a fine early C19 industrial building.
Nearby in the register
- Kidwelly Town Gate & DefencesGatehouseunder 1 mi
- The Town GateDefenceunder 1 mi
- Ruined Warehouse By Kidwelly BridgeCommercialunder 1 mi
- Castle School and School houseEducationunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.