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
11139
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
25/11/1988
Date of Amendment
10/08/1994
Name of Property
Old Pontammon Mill
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Carmarthenshire
Community
Ammanford
Town
Locality
Easting
264263
Northing
212679
Street Side
Location
Situated amid trees below main A474 road some 150m W of Pontamman House.
Description
Broad Class
Industrial
Period
History
Mostly C19 with earlier origins.
Exterior
Flour mill in squared rubble stone with some brick dressings and blockings, and slate roofs, largely collapsed (1993), stone SW end stack. Two apparent storeys externally, full-height opening to central hoist area, various window openings with simple wood frames or blocked under plain timber or stone voussoir lintels. Wheelpit at NE without wheel. Drive shaft opening in wall. Collapsed rear lean-tos.
Interior
Derelict 1988 (more so 1993) but retaining most of the drive machinery including shafts and gearing together with millstones. D-frame truss supports main vertical timber drive shaft. Former miller's house within SW end.
Reason for designation
Of special interest despite advanced state of dereliction (Spring 1993) for the scarce surviving machinery.
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