The Pin Mill at Bodnant Garden in Conwy, Wales, was originally built as a lodge or garden house around 1730 at Woodchester, Gloucestershire. The building was later used as a pin factory and later still as a hide store for a tannery. Henry McLaren, 2nd Baron Aberconway purchased the Pin Mill when it was derelict and arranged for it to be dismantled, transported and reassembled at Bodnant in 1938–39. The architect J. Murray Easton made some repairs and sensitive alterations.[1][2]

The Pin Mill
TypeHouse
LocationConwy, Wales
Coordinates53°14′01″N 3°48′04″W / 53.2337°N 3.8012°W / 53.2337; -3.8012
OS grid referenceSH 7987 7225
Builtearly 18th century
Listed Building – Grade II*
Official nameThe Pin Mill
Designated31 January 1952
Reference no.65
CommunityEglwysbach
The Pin Mill is located in Conwy
The Pin Mill
Location of The Pin Mill in Conwy

The Pin Mill was designated a Grade II*-listed building in 1952 as a fine example of an early Georgian garden building.[1][2]

The storeyed central tower has a pyramidal roof and is symmetrically flanked by two lower pavilions.

References

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  1. ^ a b "The Pin Mill". Statutory List of Buildings. Cadw. 12 November 1996 [Listed 1952]. Cadw Building ID 65. Retrieved 2 May 2016 – via Historic Wales.
  2. ^ a b "The Pin Mill, Bodnant (41168)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved 30 September 2021.