Felin Wynt Llangoed · Isle of Anglesey · Wales

Felin Wynt stands north-north-west of Llangoed, set back from the north side of the country road between Penmon and Glan-yr-afon. It was formerly known as Melin Llangoed and is one of the earliest surviving tower windmills on Anglesey.

The mill was erected by Henry Williams in 1741. In 1787 it was sold, together with the adjacent farmland, to John Hughes of Caernarfon. The next documented phase belongs to the mid nineteenth century. The mill was auctioned for sale in 1842 and was occupied by Reverend William John Lewis. It was then recorded as the property of Major Chadwick, a prosperous local landowner, who rented out the mill, cottage, and farmland to Owen Jones.

Owen Jones was recorded as miller in 1883 and retained the tenancy until the mill closed in 1921. Five years later, in 1926, all the metalwork was removed for scrap except the cast-iron windshaft. The former mill then stood as an empty shell for more than three decades.

In 1960 the tower was bought by Stanley Flory, a civil engineer who had worked on the Shanghai Waterworks. He used his engineering experience to install a water tank in the hollow tower, providing water for his house at Tan-y-Felin. During the conversion, the old windshaft was reused to help support an internal floor, and a spiral staircase was installed to give access to a viewing platform at the top of the tower. Felin Wynt was listed at Grade II in 1968 and was amended in 2002. Its special interest lies in the survival and adaptive reuse of one of Anglesey's early tower mills.