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
19560
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
20/03/1998
Date of Amendment
20/03/1998
Name of Property
Outbuilding at Cil-cewydd Mill
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Forden with Leighton and Trelystan
Town
Locality
Cil-cewydd
Easting
322885
Northing
304109
Street Side
NE
Location
The mill is located on the E bank of the River Severn, below the causewayed approach of the A490 to the Severn Bridge, and alongside the main Cambrian (Shrewsbury to West Coast) railway line. The outbuilding stands immediately to the ENE of the mill
Description
Broad Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
Period
History
The main corn mill for the Leighton Estate; John Naylor, a Liverpool banker, had aquired the Leighton Estate in 1846-47 and embarked on an ambitious programme of building, notably Leighton Hall, church and Leighton Farm. The Estate was extended and improved until Naylor's death in 1889, becoming a remarkable example of high-Victorian estate development. The mill was the main corn mill for the Leighton Estate, and was built for John Naylor in 2 phases, 1862 and 1868. The outbuilding is identical in style and build to the office and loading building, and probably dates from the initial build of 1862.
Exterior
Built of red brick in Flemish bond founded on a chamfered stone plinth, with rock-faced and margin dressed stone quoins and dressings. Slate roof. One storey, two bays. The N gable has a 28-pane iron framed window, the centre 4 panes pivot hung, set in an opening with a round brick arch with stone dressings. Framed and boarded door within a round-headed arch in the S gable end. Ridge ventilator.
Interior
Suspended timber floor. Walls have matchboarded dado to 2.2m. Open haunched king-post truss with raking struts.
Reason for designation
The Leighton Estate is an exceptional example of high-Victorian estate development. It is remarkable for the size and ambition of its conception and planning, the consistency of its design, the extent of its survival, and is the most complete example of its type in Wales. Cil-cewydd Mill is an important industrial complex at the heart of the economic development of the estate, and the outbuilding is included as a key building in this well-articulated major corn-mill complex.
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