Melin Orsedd is a Grade II listed building in the Isle of Anglesey local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 30 January 1968. Windmill tower.

Melin Orsedd

WRENN ID
standing-chamber-root
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Isle of Anglesey
Constituency
Ynys Môn MP: Llinos Medi (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
30 January 1968
Type
Windmill tower
Address
Melin Orsedd, Rhoscefnhir, Pentraeth
OS grid reference
SH 523 762
Coordinates
53.26304, -4.21559
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Melin Orsedd is a circular windmill tower with a ground floor wall made of sloping, partly mortared uncoursed rubble masonry, featuring small packing. There are opposing doorways with rough voussoirs and a small window opening on the northwest side. The interior is overgrown.

Local climate

Melin Orsedd sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,210 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% 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 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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