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
83251
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
17/11/2004
Date of Amendment
17/11/2004
Name of Property
Chimney Stack SW of Brynlludw
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Llanidloes Without
Town
Locality
Van
Easting
293985
Northing
287912
Street Side
Location
Located off the W side of a lane which leads to Van Farm. Immediately SW of Brynlludw bungalow.
Description
Broad Class
Industrial
Period
History
The Van mines were exploited for lead from 1866, and were managed by Captain William Williams and owned by Earl Vane. A new shaft, known as Seaham's, was sunk c1870 to the S of the original deep shaft. Due to its depth a Cornish pumping engine was brought in from elsewhere, and erected c1876. This boiler stack was connected to the former engine house, which is no longer standing above ground level; the outline of the mine shaft is visible to the E and has recently been infilled. The engine house is shown on the Ordnance Survey of 1903, and in a photo of 1932.
Exterior
Tall tapering octagonal stack of yellow firebrick with moulded octagonal iron cap to top, beneath which is a brick band. The shaft rests on a square brick base with moulded capstone.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as a prominent and well-preserved boiler stack, a survival from an important regional industry, of which little else remains above ground level.
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