New Mill is a Grade II listed building in the Carmarthenshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 15 August 2001. Mill.

New Mill

WRENN ID
heavy-slate-candle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Carmarthenshire
Constituency
Caerfyrddin MP: Ann Davies (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
15 August 2001
Type
Mill
Address
New Mill, Drefach Felindre, Llandysul, Llangeler
OS grid reference
SN 358 379
Coordinates
52.01591, -4.39352
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

New Mill is a former corn mill built of rubble in the early 19th century. It has three storeys and an L-shaped plan, featuring pitched, slated roofs and timber lintels over the openings. The front gable end, facing north, includes a small-paned light on the upper storey, a blocked doorway on the first floor, and a ground floor door that has been altered to a window with a 9-pane timber-framed light. The right side wall, facing west, has a small 6-pane light on the first floor near the corner, and a former door in the centre that is now partially blocked with coursed slate rubble beneath a small boarded opening. The right-hand range has a small 6-pane metal-framed light on the upper storey, a 20th-century boarded timber door on the first floor, and a similar, smaller door on the ground floor with a rendered surround and a tall plinth. The gable end to the right is featureless.

The building features plain timber bargeboards and cast iron water goods throughout. The east wall retains an overshot water-wheel made of cast iron, inscribed 'T. Thomas and Son Engineers Cardigan', located beneath two 9-pane lights on the first floor and a similar central light on the upper storey. The arrangement of the waterwheel indicates that there was previously an undershot wheel at this location. There is a long late 20th-century extension to the rear made of unpainted concrete blocks.

Inside, the mill retains its original features, including limewashed stone walls and the gearing system from the early 19th century on the ground floor. The first floor grinding room contains two grindstones, and the top floor retains hoists. All equipment is believed to be in working order. The ground floor includes a lathe shaft with "Made In England" inscribed in raised lettering, along with a wheel for a former stationary engine. There is a blocked window with a timber lintel on the ground floor, and two partly obscured 4-pane casement windows on the top floor at the rear. A modern access door is present on the first floor at the rear, and the timbers and joists appear to be of 19th-century construction. The roof features bolted truss frames.

Local climate

New Mill sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,190 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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