Full Report for Listed Buildings


The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.

Summary Description


Reference Number
83255
Building Number
 
Grade
II*  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
23/11/2004  
Date of Amendment
 
Name of Property
Barn above Dyfi Furnace  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Ceredigion  
Community
Ysgubor-y-Coed  
Town
Machynlleth  
Locality
Furnace  
Easting
268496  
Northing
295098  
Street Side
 
Location
Situated on slope behind the Dyfi Furnace, reached by footpath.  

Description


Broad Class
Industrial  
Period
 

History
Large industrial storage barn built to store charcoal to fuel the Dyfi Furnace, built c. 1755. The furnace was sited in Wales although it used Cumbrian ore because of the availability of oak for charcoal. Shown in background of 1804 P.J. de Loutherbourg drawing of furnace.  

Exterior
Barn, rubble stone with slate roof, large scale, built partly into bank. Uphill N side has centre doorway with cambered arch and stone voussoirs, and six ventilation slots under eaves. Right end has large door with timber lintel. Left end is built onto bedrock and has opening at ground level (loft level inside). Rear has six ventilation slots under eaves.  

Interior
Large interior with bedrock exposed at left end. Five large tie-beam trusses each with four diagonal struts. No loft floor.  

Reason for designation
Graded II* for its exceptional interest as a C18 industrial storage barn, on a large scale, well-preserved and an integral part of the Dyfi Furnace complex.  

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