A grade-II listed former corn mill is being offered to community groups after struggling to attract takers for its £7,500-a-year commercial lease.
Melin y Graig, near Llangefni, Wales, has been on the rental market for more than four years.
Built over three floors around 1829, it closed in 1893 and in the 1990s it was adapted for use as a telecommunications tower, gaining its idiosyncratic cap.
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North Wales Live reports that groups and organisations are being invited by Anglesey Council to submit “imaginative proposals” by November 30 as they offer to transfer the property to groups to develop as a community facility.
Lucas Estate Agents, which is marketing a five-year lease on behalf of the council, says the building remains suitable for its initial purpose.
In a statement, Anglesey Council said: “If your group or organisation is interested in taking over or developing this facility, you will need to show that your proposals can secure its longer-term future and will benefit the local community.”
The former windmill is one of Llangefni’s most famous landmarks, featuring on the badges of the town’s football club and primary school.
At almost 40ft high, the tower offers commanding views across central Anglesey.
Of the island’s 32 windmills, around half have been converted into homes. Only one, Melin Llynon, has been fully restored to working order and is the only surviving working windmill in Wales.
The anglesey-history.co.uk website lists Melin y Graig’s last miller as William Jones.
As he was also the last miller at two other Anglesey mills, he earned himself the nickname Angau Melinau – Angau being the personification of death in early Welsh legends, and melinau meaning “mills”.
It is understood Anglesey Council will continue offering a commercial lease for Melin y Graig until it establishes the extent of interest in a community asset transfer.
Expressions of interest by community groups must be submitted before 5 pm on Tuesday, November 30, 2021.
For more information, contact: PropertyEnquiries@ynysmon.gov.uk.
Details of the commercial lease are available here.
