Melin Uchaf (aka Melin Maelgwyn) is a Grade II listed building in the Isle of Anglesey local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 5 April 1971. Terraced dwelling. 2 related planning applications.
Melin Uchaf (aka Melin Maelgwyn)
- WRENN ID
- forbidden-storey-gilt
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Isle of Anglesey
- Constituency
- Ynys Môn MP: Llinos Medi (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 5 April 1971
- Type
- Terraced dwelling
- Address
- Melin Uchaf (aka Melin Maelgwyn), Bryn Du, Llanfaelog
- OS grid reference
- SH 342 727
- Coordinates
- 53.22616, -4.4851
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Melin Uchaf, also known as Melin Maelgwyn, is a four-storey, full-height windmill tower dating from the 18th century. The tower has a circular plan with slightly tapering walls constructed of rubble masonry, some of which has been rendered. It is capped with corrugated iron. There are doorways at ground and first floor levels, and rectangular windows at each of the four storeys.
Local climate
Melin Uchaf (aka Melin Maelgwyn) sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2004
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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