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Please if you are going to photograph Woodchurch Windmill. from this location and point of view you will need to request permission from the land owner of the field i was standing in. Permission can be requested from the owner at the house named Mill Land.
As you walk around the Windmills public footpath, there is a style in the fence into the private property. This is for the landowners own use and is not for public access. Please do not cross this without permission.
I had heard of this windmill through Wikipedia but there was no picture or history so I did not know what to expect. The weather was not very kind on this day, as in the morning the sky was very lack lustre grey and in the afternoon when we went back all the greyness had vanished to be replaced by a bright blue sky. I opted to drain the colours and give the picture a sense of time. Although the picture was taken in Copenhagen, the church in the background is a Swedish Orthodox Church.
A visit deep into the Isle of Anglesey to Melin Llynon Windmill.
You can go up to flights of steps inside. The ceiling are a bit low, and I sometimes hit my head going up, so preferred to be outside.
Melin Llynnon, or Llynnon Mill, is a gristmill located on the outskirts of the village of Llanddeusant on the island of Anglesey. It is the only surviving working windmill in Wales.
The mill was built for £529, 11s in 1775–1776, on land owned by the surgeon Herbert Jones. It is classified as a tower mill. The machinery is within a stone tower and the moving top, or cap cwch, turns so that the sails hwyliau catch the wind from any direction. The tower was 9.3 metres tall and with four floors. It was used to drive machines for grinding corn, oats and barley. The first miller, Thomas Jones (1756–1846), worked it until his death. The position of miller was passed down through the generations, eventually going to a cousin William Pritchard.
A storm in 1918 damaged the cap stopping it turning to face the wind. It still operated intermittently for the next six years when the wind was from the south-west. Eventually the mill closed and became increasingly dilapidated. It remained deserted and unused until the local council restored it between 1978 and 1986. It reopened in 1986 and now produces stoneground flour.
A Grade II* Listed Building
History
Late C18 windmill, built between August 1775 to March 1776 at a cost of £529.11s (£529.55). The mill formed one of the outlying properties of the Llynon estate, built for Herbert Jones by Andrew Williams. It was operated by another Jones family, the first miller Thomas Jones followed by his son, another Thomas; his sons chose not to run the mill and the operator in 1881 is recorded as being their cousin William Pritchard. In 1892 the mill was taken over by Robert Rowlands, one of the renowned family of Anglesey millers, who continued running the mill throughout the First World War. In 1918 a severe storm struck the cap so badly that it became permantly locked in one position; little grinding was then carried out as the sails could only be operated when the wind came from the SW. Despite Rowlands offer to pay towards the cost of repairing the mill, the owner refused to sanction the work and the mill's useful life came to an end.
In 1978 the owner of the mill, Thomas Rowlands, retired from farming and decided to sell the mill. It was purchased by Anglesey Borough Council who restored the mill to full working order. The restoration was carried out over several years and was finally completed late in 1983, the sails raised in August of that year. The total cost of the restoration was £120,000 and on May 11th 1984 Melin Llynon was officially opened by the Mayor of Anglesey, Councillor T D Roberts.
Exterior
Complete 3 storey windmill tower, built of rubble masonry, rendered. Opposing doorways and single window to each storey facing NW; boarded doors and small paned lights, openings within cambered heads, slate sills. Since restoration the windmill has been in full working order, with timber cap and 4 sails.
Interior
The completely restored interior is in full working order and includes some pieces of the original machinery. There are 3 pairs of stones, 2 of which are dressed and used for grinding, the third is open and on display to the public.
Reasons for Listing
Listed as a complete and well-preserved windmill tower, which, since restoration is the only working windmill on the island out of over 40 which were in operation in the mid C19.
Lazy day today, time to go back through some of the shots I took last year on our road trip to Darwin
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Windmills in Kingston upon Hull and at Skidby Top with a lone rabbit taken on the 28 April 2018 in Colour and Monochrome
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