Melin Geirn and attached agricultural ranges is a Grade II listed building in the Isle of Anglesey local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 5 April 1971. Windmill, agricultural range.

Melin Geirn and attached agricultural ranges

WRENN ID
forbidden-grate-stoat
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Isle of Anglesey
Constituency
Ynys Môn MP: Llinos Medi (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
5 April 1971
Type
Windmill, agricultural range
Address
Melin Geirn and attached agricultural ranges, Llechcynfarwy, Holyhead, Tref Alaw
OS grid reference
SH 382 818
Coordinates
53.30912, -4.4292
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Melin Geirn is a tall 18th-century windmill tower that stands five storeys high. It is constructed from mortared rubble masonry, which was formerly rendered. The mill features a ground floor doorway on the northwest side, with opposing doorways on the northwest and southeast sides at the second floor or gallery stage. There is also a square-headed window opening at the first floor level. The doorways are topped with stone lintels, and the left side of the ground floor doorway is now supported by a brick pier.

Attached to the northeast side of the tower is an agricultural range that runs northwest to southeast. This includes a lofted granary and a threshing barn located directly next to the base of the tower. The range continues with a lofted cowhouse to the southeast and single-storey stable ranges at the northwest end, positioned at right angles to the rear. These ranges are built of rubble masonry and feature cambered brick heads above the openings. The roofs are heavily grouted slate, while the threshing barn has a modern profiled replacement roof.

The opposing doorways to the threshing barn are located to the southeast of the windmill tower, with the lofted granary on the left having a doorway on the left and a small window to the right, along with a first-floor window situated between the two. The single-storey stable range at the left end has a doorway offset to the right end and a blocked window to its left. The range at the rear has alternating door and window openings on the left, with three doors and windows to the right, and a doorway at the right end flanked by windows, although the right-hand window is now blocked.

Inside the tower, some timbers remain at the second floor level, but it is currently used as an animal pen. The rear wall of the tower is visible within the threshing barn, but there appears to be no internal access or drive shafts remaining.

Local climate

Melin Geirn and attached agricultural ranges sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% 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 0.2°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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