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
18892
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
19/09/1997
Date of Amendment
19/09/1997
Name of Property
Upper Building, Middle Factory, Leri Mills
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Ceredigion
Community
Ceulanamaesmawr
Town
Aberystwyth
Locality
Talybont
Easting
265284
Northing
289088
Street Side
Location
Building parallel to track in mill group on S bank of Leri, some 170m W of Talybont Bridge
Description
Broad Class
Industrial
Period
History
Mill building of uncertain age, possibly including some part of a 1640s smeltery or stamping-mill erected by Thomas Bushell for processing of lead and silver. Said to have been a grist mill later and finally a flannel mill after the mills were revived in 1809. The present appearance suggests a C18 to early C19 date. Marked on 1847 Tithe Map.
Exterior
Whitewashed rubble stone with slate roof and stone end stacks, built into a steep bank. S side to track single-storey with four openings between stone piers, the openings variously infilled, perhaps originally open as a drying floor. E side has marks of roof-raising, suggesting that loft and S front are earlier C19. Ground floor door. N side, to leat, has high walls with windowless stone projection at right (presumably site of water-wheel). Left ground floor 3 small timber casement pairs with slab lintels, and one first floor window to left. W end external chimney and stone lean-to with slate roof to left, 4-pane sash to first floor right.
Interior
Reason for designation
The earliest part of a remarkably early example of a comprehensive woollen factory in Cardiganshire, built on an unusually extensive form for a rural mill.
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