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
13583
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
05/11/1991
Date of Amendment
18/07/2001
Name of Property
Penallta Colliery Lamp Room
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Caerphilly
Community
Gelligaer
Town
Ystrad Mynach
Locality
Penalltau
Easting
313927
Northing
195731
Street Side
E
Location
Situated between Ystrad Mynach and Gelligaer, on the east side of Penalltau Road. The Lamproom is immediately to the south of the Workshops.
Description
Broad Class
Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces
Period
History
Penallta Colliery was built between 1905 and 1909, at the height of the South Wales coal trade. It was established by the Powell Dyffryn Steam Coal Company, the region’s largest mining company, on the most modern principles as the ‘‘super-pit’’ of its day. The surface buildings were laid out in matching architectural style in a spacious, artificially levelled area, on a rectilinear plan giving the ideal spatial arrangement of activities. The design of the enormous engine hall in particular was an important innovation copied at many later collieries. The colliery became one of the largest in Wales with 3,200 miners and high output of top-quality steam coal. By 1935, Penallta held the European record for coal produced in a single week.
Exterior
Lamproom built to store and distribute lamps to the miners for every shift. It matches the other original buildings of the colliery in style, of Pennant sandstone with red brick dressings, which comprise end piers, stepped parapets/cornice, plinth, dentilled window surrounds. Roof formerly of slates has a corrugated covering. Single storey gabled building 6 bays long 3 bays wide on N/S axis. Windows have segmental arched heads, formerly with metal multi-pane frames, now blocked; between them are 5 small openings with painted brick surrounds on each side of the building ; these were for passing out lamps to waiting miners and formerly had small metal doors though none now remain in situ.
Interior
Building divided into several offices and the main lamp room.
Reason for designation
Listed for its rarity as a surviving purpose-built lamproom. Group value with other items within this exceptionally fine colliery complex.
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