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
25850
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
02/11/2001
Date of Amendment
02/11/2001
Name of Property
Weighbridge House
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Ffestiniog
Town
Locality
Llechwedd Slate Mine
Easting
269704
Northing
346844
Street Side
W
Location
By the side of the road on the former railway sidings, near the mouth of the Blaenau tunnel.
Description
Broad Class
Industrial
Period
History
In 1879, the LNWR opened a standard guage branch line from Betwes y coes to Blaenau Ffestiniog. Narrow and standard guage sidings were installed at Pant yr Afon to allow the transport of slates from the Llechwedd quarry on the LNWR. The weighbridge house dates from approximately this time.
Exterior
A small rectangular plan building. Slate stone construction with hipped roof, from which most of the slates have been removed. Doorway in short return elevation, and small window overlooking the weighbridge. Contains remain of weighing machinery.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed for group value with other items at the Llechwedd sidings, and as a rare surviving weighbridge house retaining some machinery.
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