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
25603
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
17/07/2001
Date of Amendment
23/12/2004
Name of Property
Lisburne House
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Ceredigion
Community
Ysbyty Ystwyth
Town
Ystrad Meurig
Locality
Pontrhydygroes
Easting
273871
Northing
272301
Street Side
Location
Situated some 250m SSW of Old Post Office, below main village road, on lane to Llanafan, opposite Lisburne Garage.
Description
Broad Class
Industrial
Period
History
Warehouse building, probably mid-C19, the loft said to have been used as a mining apprentices school associated with the Lisburne Mining Company, the prioncipal mining company of the area.
Exterior
Storehouse range, long whitewashed rubble stone building with close-eaved slate roof. Built into bank to rear. Two storeys, four first floor big 16-pane windows, renewed in C20. In the two to left only the outer panes on the top tier open; in the other two the whole top tier opens. Stone voussoirs, slate sills. Ground floor has two large arched openings with slightly pointed tops to arches, with stone voussoirs and three small square windows with slab lintels and no sills. The arched openings are set between each pair of upper windows, and the blocked square windows are alternate. Modern boarded sliding doors.
Right gable end is rendered with large window to first floor. Left gable has very small square window above 16-pane window (later small window to right); steps up. Rear has openings at upper level only, and 2 large rectangular stone chimneys. Doorway at right end, 16-pane window to left, and to left of this a modern flat-roofed extension.
Interior
Not available for inspection.
Reason for designation
Listed as a rare industrial building associated with the lead mines of the area around Pontrhydygroes.
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