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Twr Y Felin (former Windmill Tower only)

A Grade II Listed Building in St Davids, Pembrokeshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.8791 / 51°52'44"N

Longitude: -5.2589 / 5°15'32"W

OS Eastings: 175787

OS Northings: 225076

OS Grid: SM757250

Mapcode National: GBR C6.RS7W

Mapcode Global: VH0TL.S1NB

Plus Code: 9C3PVPHR+JC

Entry Name: Twr Y Felin (former Windmill Tower only)

Listing Date: 28 July 1992

Last Amended: 28 July 1992

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 12584

Building Class: Industrial

ID on this website: 300012584

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.

County: Pembrokeshire

Community: St. David's and the Cathedral Close (Tŷddewi a Chlos y Gadeirlan)

Community: St. David's

Built-Up Area: St Davids

Traditional County: Pembrokeshire

Tagged with: Windmill

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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.

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