The tower of the second St Davids windmill survives today though in a much
modified form, having been incorporated into a hotel during the first decade of the
twentieth century. The windmill was erected in the year 1806 by George
Llewellyn of Tŷ Gwyn, assisted by his two sons John and Henry who were
carpenters by trade. George Llewellyn was primarily a farmer with lands and
grazing rights on and around St Davids Head, the most westerly part of the Welsh
mainland; he also apparently subsidised his income by salvaging timber and cargo
from ships wrecked by storms around that part of the coast. It was said that he
“...got his money on the water, and invested it on the wind...”.