Former Mill at Melin-y-Wern is a Grade II listed building in the Denbighshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 24 June 1999. Mill.
Former Mill at Melin-y-Wern
- WRENN ID
- riven-entrance-elder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Denbighshire
- Constituency
- Clwyd East MP: Becky Gittins (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 24 June 1999
- Type
- Mill
- Address
- Former Mill at Melin-y-Wern, Ruthin, Llanbedr Dyffryn Clwyd
- OS grid reference
- SJ 121 605
- Coordinates
- 53.13512, -3.31499
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The former mill at Melin-y-Wern is a rectangular two-and-a-half storey structure built from limestone rubble, topped with a modern tiled roof. Visible on all walls are 19th-century iron ties. The front gable features a wide segmentally-arched entrance with a recessed, pegged, and chamfered oak frame, complemented by a brick tympanum. The entrance is fitted with wide sliding doors that are boarded and partly studded, displaying various graffiti. At the apex of the gable is a circular oculus with an original wooden frame.
On the west side, there is a wide segmental recess to the left, which includes a primary entrance with a boarded door and a pegged, chamfered frame. The right side shows disturbed masonry, likely from a former window. Adjacent to this is a large sloping buttress made of limestone rubble, probably added in the 19th century. To the right, a wooden framed window features later brick infill within a segmentally-arched opening, and there is a modern oak lintel above a square opening. At the far right, a low segmental arch leads to the former mill race and wheel pit.
The rear gable has a round-arched entrance with modern boarding, and above it are two plain openings, one for each of the first and attic floors. The east side is positioned against the bank of the adjacent mill pond. To the left, a flat wooden lintel marks the former mill race entrance, with a segmental relieving arch above. The centre has a segmental window opening, and to the ground beyond is a further framed and boarded window, with modern wooden boarding throughout. At the far right, a stone 'bridge' connects the bank to a first-floor entrance featuring a boarded, framed door.
In front of the entrance gable are two pairs of mill stones. The mill has a three-bay modern roof with retained queen strut trusses, although the floors have been removed. Inside, a large internal overshot iron water wheel, approximately 3 meters in diameter, along with an adjacent cogged wheel, remain in situ, and the floor is partly slate-flagged.
Local climate
Former Mill at Melin-y-Wern sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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