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
17477
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
23/05/1996  
Date of Amendment
23/05/1996  
Name of Property
Y Glyn Factory  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Ceredigion  
Community
Dyffryn Arth  
Town
 
Locality
Aberarth  
Easting
248022  
Northing
263777  
Street Side
 
Location
Situated to SE of Aberarth Bridge, behind Y Glyn.  

Description


Broad Class
Industrial  
Period
 

History
 

Exterior
History: 1865 former woollen mill, built by John Phillips of Lanlas, tenant here and at Aberarth Mill, land owned by Hon. G. Edwardes, as part of the Neuadd, Oakford, estate. Mill was operated by Rowland Pugh from 1866, and by his family until c1957. Description: Whitewashed rubble stone with hipped slate roof. Square plan, single-storey front with door, ground-level square opening and two doors. Outbuilding attached to right corner with gable at right angles. One door. Side has first floor 12-pane sash. Rear wall is two-storey with loft door above window-door-window. Rounded corner to right. Set back to right is S side of main building. Two-storey here with two loft lights over two windows and centre broad door. Long rectangular opening to right and lean-to beyond, with door. Rear is over steep bank of minor stream. NE single storey outbuilding with breast-shot water-wheel on W side. Power for mill came from Arth, via a leat, and a concrete channel over stream gully. A relatively early purpose-built woollen mill which retains its regional character. Reference: Ceredigion 11 1992 366-9  

Interior
 

Reason for designation
 

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