Windmill Tower on Foel Fawr is a Grade II listed building in the Gwynedd local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 1 April 1998. Windmill tower.
Windmill Tower on Foel Fawr
- WRENN ID
- still-joist-yew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Gwynedd
- Constituency
- Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 1 April 1998
- Type
- Windmill tower
- Address
- Windmill Tower on Foel Fawr, Mynytho, Pwllheli, Llanengan
- OS grid reference
- SH 306 320
- Coordinates
- 52.85962, -4.51757
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Windmill Tower on Foel Fawr is a circular structure built from rubble stone. It features battered walls and has a tall opening on the north side with a slab lintel, along with rough steps that are set within the thickness of the wall. There is also a door on the east side, which is topped with a slab lintel. The walls become thinner at the upper level, and there are six holes in the wall at the first floor.
Local climate
Windmill Tower on Foel Fawr sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,660 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 3 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows 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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