Watermill to south-west of Stables including archway into mill yard and attached L-shaped range is a Grade II listed building in the Gwynedd local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 8 September 1998. Watermill. 1 related planning application.

Watermill to south-west of Stables including archway into mill yard and attached L-shaped range

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Gwynedd
Constituency
Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
8 September 1998
Type
Watermill
Address
Watermill to south-west of Stables including archway into mill yard and attached L-shaped range, Glynllifon, Llandwrog, LL54 5DU
OS grid reference
SH 455 553
Coordinates
53.07265, -4.30744
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

This is a 2-storey watermill located to the south-west of the stables, built from local rubble and topped with a slate roof that features wide eaves. The mill has red brick dressings around camber-headed arches, including a central carriage arch on the north-west side, which is now infilled. The other openings are square-headed, fitted with 4-pane windows that have unusually thick frames; these likely originally included sliding ventilation shutters for the lower lights. The mill was powered by the Afon Llifon, which supplied water to an overshot waterwheel at the south-west end. While the wheel remains in place, its buckets are missing. The wheel-pit is partly covered by a later sawmill lean-to that is attached beyond. The machinery is still present, along with a reused cast-iron Ionic column similar to those found in the kitchen courtyard at the back of the house. The south-east side features skylights and similar architectural details. At the upper end, there is an added turbine house, which is a broad, slate-hung, gabled cross-range with a diamond leaded window. This section includes a further gabled projection that provides a first-floor entrance, accessible via a footbridge over the yard. The north-east end has a deep lean-to, with a roof that nearly reaches the higher ground level of the adjacent drive and includes skylights; this lean-to wraps around the corner and extends along the north-west side, featuring a boarded door with a latticed overlight.

Adjoining the watermill is a gently pointed archway that connects it to an adjacent ancillary range. The brick arch is set into a rubble wall. On the west side of this wall, there is a lean-to with a 2-light window and a boarded door, along with a red-brick chimney. On the opposite side, there is a similar lean-to and an attached high screen wall with coping that extends north toward the drive.

Despite some conversion, machinery remains at the south-west end, including a spur wheel and the main drive. A modern staircase leads to the upper floor, where one stone with its own horse and hopper survives, along with a relocated dresser. The roof features queen-post trusses and consists of 5 bays, with slate flagged floors. The turbine house at the rear includes an upper floor that served as the Battery Room, and there are modern partitions throughout.

Local climate

Watermill to south-west of Stables including archway into mill yard and attached L-shaped range sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,370 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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  2. Stone Bridge to west of Watermill Grade II 26 m
  3. Hay-barn to south of Watermill Grade II 55 m
  4. Stable Courtyard at Glynllifon Grade II* 68 m
  5. Children's Mill or Boat House Grade II 76 m
  6. Inner arched entrance to courtyard between Palm House and Workshops Grade II 104 m
  7. Footbridge over service drive to west of Glynllifon House Grade II 108 m
  8. Rubble-walled rear service drive to west of Glynllifon House Grade II 110 m
  9. Fountain Pool to east of Stable Courtyard Grade II 112 m
  10. Machinery Workshops to north-west of Stables at Glynllifon Grade II 115 m