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
1302
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
11/05/1979
Date of Amendment
29/05/1998
Name of Property
Chimney at the former Nant Lead-mine
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Denbighshire
Community
Llanarmon-yn-Ial
Town
Mold
Locality
Nant
Easting
319831
Northing
357741
Street Side
Location
Situated on the steep E slope of the Nant valley, just below the road and Tanygraig cottage.
Description
Broad Class
Industrial
Period
History
Engine house chimney to the former Nant lead-mine, situated some 150m above the engine-house, built 1841, and presumably connected to it. The mine was called the Westminster or Great Westminster mine in the C19.
Exterior
Lead-mine chimney, coursed limestone, circular, some 13m high. Tapering profile, small flue opening to W side.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included with the engine-house below as rare surviving structures of the once important local lead mines.
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