Llandybie 1806 mill at tipping point and needs future, says owner

The Old Mill is grade II listed, and the council did approve Mr Rees’s application for listed building consent.

His application was supported by the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings.

Former history lecturer Mr Rees said the Old Mill dated from 1806 and was on Wales heritage body Cadw’s “at risk” register.

Part of the front wall has collapsed, he said, and would be reinstated.

“The building has suffered deterioration – it’s at a tipping point,” said Mr Rees. “I want it to have a future. It needs a future.”

He said a number of Llandybie’s historic buildings were taken down in the 1960s and that the mill was one of the last survivors.

He said the village had expanded significantly since he grew up there in the 1980s.

Mr Rees, of Swansea, said the farmhouse, which he still owns, has been upgraded and is now rented out as a holiday let. He said he would look to submit a revised planning application to the council to convert the Old Mill into accommodation.