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
80889
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
18/02/2003
Date of Amendment
18/02/2003
Name of Property
Former Waiting Room, Glyn Valley Tramway, Dolywern
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Wrexham
Community
Glyntraian
Town
Locality
Dolywern
Easting
322078
Northing
337204
Street Side
Location
Located near the W end of the lane which runs from Dolywern to Llwynmawr, close to its junction with the B4500. On the NE side of the road.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
The Glyn Valley Tramway was a narrow gauge railway constructed in 1872-3 to transport slate and granite from the Glyn Ceiriog quarries to the Shropshire Union Canal at Chirk. It took passengers from 1874, and was operated by gravity and horses until 1888 when it was converted to steam. This waiting room, part of a small station at Dolywern, was built around 1893 under the direction of Henry Dennis, engineer. It followed the re-routing of the tramway through Dolywern in 1887-8, to avoid the bends over the River Ceiriog which were too sharp for the steam trains. The waiting room formerly had a stack at the SW end. The tramway closed to passengers in 1933 and to freight in 1935, due to competition from road transport.
Exterior
Small single-storey building constructed of red brick under a slate roof, with a high brick plinth. White-washed to SE front, roughcast to SW gable end which borders the road. The front has a panelled door to R, 4-pane horned sash window to L, both under segmental brick heads. A letter box is built into the SW gable end, whilst a clock is fixed to the wall at a higher level.
Interior
No access to interior at time of inspection, but said to have had a fireplace.
Reason for designation
Listed as a rare transport building type retaining its late C19 character.
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