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Chris Grundy

Fairy-tale windmill for sale that's 'so perfect for parties'

A one-of-a-kind windmill a short drive from Merseyside with balconies offering stunning 360-degree views, is now on sale for £370,000.

The fairy-tale home has been billed as the very epitome of the label "character property" by the selling agents.

Groes Onnen has been a prominent feature of Holywell's townscape for more than 200 years, it is a rare surviving example of a full-height Welsh windmill.

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New Home 4, based in Mold, are the selling agents in charge of the windmills sale, they said: "One of the very few habitable windmills in the North West.

"This fabulous home is somewhere I, and I suspect many others, have been driving past for years thinking, ‘ooh, I’d love to live there’ – well now, this is your chance.

"Imagine the parties that you can hold here. In fact, you'd think about charging your friends and family to pop round, the views are amazing."

They added: "This place really is like no other."

Groes Onnen Windmill in Holywell, Flintshire: The Wirral, Liverpool Bay and the entire Dee estuary stretch out before you (New Home 4 U)

Located on a large plot of land, the garden has an enclosed patio, greenhouse, vegetable plot and an ornamental pond, next to which is the mill’s original grinding stone, North Wales Live reports.

Outbuildings host a garage and workshop - these could be converted into an office or another living space and the agents suggest an Airbnb is a possibility.

Inside the mill, there’s a semicircular sitting room on the ground floor that can be used as a dining room.

Also on this level is the “work of art” kitchen with curved work surfaces and antique oak storage units.

Close by is a bathroom and a utility room with further storage.

The mill’s feature room is the lounge that fills the first floor.

The agent said: "Obviously it is a circular room. And it really is quite vast."

From here, two French doors give access to a walkway all around the outside of the home.

Up the next flight of stairs lies the master bedroom and a shower room.

Many of the mill's built-in fixtures are bespoke, including storage space under the staircase that spirals its way around the building.

The third floor contains a further bedroom and an office.

The master bedroom of the windmill (New Home 4 U)

Another, final climb brings you to a large circular room that once housed the drive shaft for the mill’s sails.

In fact, the shaft has been retained as a reminder of the building’s heritage.

This room has a mezzanine level, currently occupied by a bed and an en-suite

View from the top balcony (New Home 4 U)

This top floor room, suggests the selling agent, would make an “excellent games room or even an office”.

From the mezzanine, there’s access to the upper walkway. It offers breathtaking views of the surrounding area.

The agents said: "The Wirral, Liverpool Bay and the entire Dee estuary stretch out before you and the inhabitants of Holywell scurry about like insects at your feet."

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