Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
11696
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
30/03/1987
Date of Amendment
01/03/1996
Name of Property
Chimney west of Vivian engine house
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Swansea
Community
Landore
Town
Swansea
Locality
Hafod
Easting
266157
Northing
194981
Street Side
Location
Located on the slope to the west of the Vivian engine house and east of the former Swansea Canal.
Description
Broad Class
Industrial
Period
History
Hafod Copperworks was established in 1810 by John Vivian and continued to be owned by the Vivian family until 1924 when it amalgamated with the adjacent Morfa Coppperworks. It was subsequently operated by Yorkshire Imperial Metals until it closed in 1980. The chimney dates from the late nineteenth century and probably served the steam boilers for the Vivian engine house, built 1860-2.
Exterior
A tall, tapering chimney stack, constructed of red brick. There is an octagonal plinth with a corbelled head and a circular shaft. The shaft has numerous iron bands, and a corbelled ring at its neck.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as an impressive Victorian industrial chimney and for group value with the listed buildings of the former Hafod and Morfa copperworks.
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