Windmill House is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of Glamorgan local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 10 March 1980. Windmill.
Windmill House
- WRENN ID
- broken-brick-jet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 10 March 1980
- Type
- Windmill
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Windmill House was originally built as a tower windmill, and by 1980, it featured a three-storey conical tower made of coursed squared limestone rubble, although it was missing its cap, internal floors, and machinery. The tower has since been increased in height to five storeys, topped with a rooftop viewing platform. The building has Welsh slate roofs on the two-and-a-half storey attached range.
The structure includes square-headed window and door openings with stone voussoirs, except for one window, while the southern doorway features a keystone. Both the north and south sides have a ground-level doorway (partially blocked on the north side) and a window above each of the five upper levels. The west elevation is next to a once single storey and attic range made of stone rubble, with a ground floor doorway at the south end of the east elevation, which has a lintel of stone voussoirs and a ledged door. This range has a gabled roof with a brick stack on the south gable. At the north end of this range, adjacent to the tower on the east side, there is a lean-to that has a window and doorway, both with brick heads, in the front wall.
Comparing with the previous listing description indicates that the top two floors of the tower and the upper floor and attic of the attached range were likely added around 1980, after the building was listed. The tower now has five storeys with additional windows on the new floors, a concrete cap, and a viewing platform. The new stonework has been carefully reproduced, as has the stonework on the ancillary building. The building was not accessible during the resurvey, and all openings are currently blocked. It is clearly visible from the street, but the details could not be fully checked.
The interior was not accessible during the resurvey. The extensive alterations and rebuilding around 1980 make it very unlikely that any historic features remain inside. The interior of the attached range was not inspected during the first survey in 1980, so its original purpose in relation to the mill tower, whether for storage or corn drying, is not known.
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