Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
16896
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
01/02/1996
Date of Amendment
01/02/1996
Name of Property
Remote Incline Drumhouse
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Ffestiniog
Town
Locality
Maenofferen Slate Quarry
Easting
271490
Northing
346606
Street Side
Location
Located approximately 150m NW of the slab mill on the main level of the quarry, on a bend and at the top of a long disused incline.
Description
Broad Class
Industrial
Period
History
Exterior
Description: Remote counter-balance incline drumhouse; late C19 or early C20. Slate construction with thick supporting gable walls carrying the original twin drums and coiled cable. Shallow-pitched slate roof, partly collapsed; heavily buttressed SE gable. The brake mechanism survives externally to the L, in front of a slate revetment wall.
Listed as an exceptionally scarce survival of an intact counter-balance incline drumhouse.
In poor condition at time of inspection (June 1995).
References: D. Rh Gwyn and A. Davidson, 'Gwynedd Slate Quarries', Gwynedd Archaeological Trust, Report No. 152, (forthcoming).
Interior
Reason for designation
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