Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Ruined Windmill Tower
Wick, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Wick, Vale of Glamorgan, designated on 27 November 1998.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Industrial
- Date of designation
- 27 November 1998
- Locality
- Wick
- Community
- Wick
- Unitary authority
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.43718, -3.54968
- Cadw reference
- 20972
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 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)
- 1865 · England and Wales. England No. 6. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1897 · 262 Pontypridd (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1897 · 262 Pontypridd (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Located in a field behind the primary school in Church Street, Wick. Accessed by a Public Footpath.
History
Wick stands at a high altitude close to the coast so is an ideal location for windmills. This windmill may be the one shown on Emmanuel Bowen's map of 1729 and is marked on the 2" Ordnance Survey map of 1813 and the 1840 tithe map. It has been in its present condition since at least 1890.
Exterior
Windmill standing to over 1 storey high. Round plan, constructed of rubble stone. There are recesses at 1st floor level, possibly putlog holes, and the masonry above is slightly set back. Opposed door openings at ground level under segmental arched heads, to N and S. Offset to the NW at a slightly higher level is another tall opening under a segmental arched head with voussoirs. Three small openings on E side. Small opening to W side at ground level with stone lintel.
Interior
No features preserved inside, but recesses are visible in the internal walls which may be related to machinery.
Reason for designation
Listed as a rare survival of a windmill tower of considerable antiquity.
Nearby in the register
- Lamb CottageDomesticunder 1 mi
- Bluebell CottageDomesticunder 1 mi
- Primrose CottageDomesticunder 1 mi
- Remains of Preaching Cross, Church of St. JamesReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.