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
20817
Building Number
 
Grade
II*  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
09/11/1998  
Date of Amendment
09/11/1998  
Name of Property
Lift Tower at Tondu Ironworks  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Bridgend  
Community
Ynysawdre  
Town
 
Locality
Tondu  
Easting
289146  
Northing
184450  
Street Side
 
Location
Set in the hillside between the company housing of Derllwyn Road and Park Terrace above and the levelled area below where the Engine House stands, against the old furnace bank and opposite the Calcining Kilns.  

Description


Broad Class
Industrial  
Period
 

History
Sir Robert Price developed ironworking here from 1837. This structure appears to belong to the second stage of development under John Brogden who purchased the ironworks in 1854. The lift was used to hoist materials to the charging platforms and was possibly worked by water balance, water-filled tanks beneath the tram cars being used as counter-balance, with the water being discharged as required by weight. Possibly powered by steam, as was more common in later years, but this would be a unique survival. Only other ironworking site in Britan still retaining a hoisting tower is Blaenafon in Gwent.  

Exterior
A tall 3 sided tower of yellow brick with stone basement and dressed stone buttresses rear right; inner ledge, holes and grooves for machinery, metal fittings survive in base left; rectangular openings in rear wall. Ivy covered.  

Interior
 

Reason for designation
Included at grade II* for its special importance in the history of ironworking in Britain. Group value with the Calcining Kilns. Scheduled Ancient Monument ref. GM 433 (BRI).  

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