Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Mill House at Nantybanw
Llantrisant Fawr, Monmouthshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Agriculture and Subsistence
- Date of designation
- 22 June 2000
- Locality
- Llantrissent/Llantrisant
- Town
- Usk
- Community
- Llantrisant Fawr
- Unitary authority
- Monmouthshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.67007, -2.85907
- Cadw reference
- 23502
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 1636 "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Situated on N side of lane some 150m SW of Nantybanw, reached by footbridge over Llantrisant Brook.
History
Small earlier C18 mill, water-powered with C19 machinery. Marked on 1840 Tithe Map as part of Nantybanw, owned by Thomas Reece occupied by Richard Roberts.
Exterior
Mill, now house, rubble stone with slate roof. Two storeys, 3-window range of cambered-headed casement pair windows with stone voussoirs. Three original, 2 renewed oak window frames with square leading to glazing, iron opening casements. Renewed oak plank door to ground floor left, also with stone voussoirs. Stone chimney on wallface at left corner. Left end gable has leaded casement pair. Right end wall has wheel-pit for former overshot water-wheel.
Interior
Ground floor 3-bay room with machinery in right end bay. Iron pit-wheel turning oak horizontal toothed wheel. Upper floor not seen, millstone in situ.
Reason for designation
Included as a rare example of a water-powered mill of the earlier C18.
Nearby in the register
- Cider House at NantybanwAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Barn range at NantybanwAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- NantybanwDomesticunder 1 mi
- Twmp FarmhouseDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.