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
22498
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
14/10/1999
Date of Amendment
14/10/1999
Name of Property
Ironworks Boundary Stone
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Blaenau Gwent
Community
Tredegar
Town
Locality
Sirhowy
Easting
314417
Northing
209797
Street Side
S
Location
Located at the junction of Dukestown Road with Beaufort Road, S of the Railway Tavern. The site of the ironworks lie approximately 0.2 km N.
Description
Broad Class
Industrial
Period
History
Dated 1818, erected as boundary stone for Sirhowy Ironworks during or following an acrimonious dispute, when the lease of the Ironworks, held by the Tredegar Iron Company fell in, the site being immediately purchased by John Harford, co-partner of the Ebbw Vale Iron Company, without the knowledge of the leaseholders. The Tredegar Iron Company refused the terms of a new lease from Harford, and stripped all moveable plant from the site before the new owners took possession, eventually incurring a fine of £6000. A similar stone has been resited at Bedwellty House.
Exterior
Small stone with rounded head, set in pavement against railings. Inscription reads ‘S 1818’, referring to the Sirhowy Works.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as a rare survival of an early C19 industrial boundary stone, with unusual history.
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