Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
20852
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
19/11/1998
Date of Amendment
19/11/1998
Name of Property
Brick Sheds of former Paper Mill at Usk Vale Mill
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
The Vale of Grwyney
Town
Locality
Glangrwyne
Easting
323949
Northing
216075
Street Side
Location
Immediately S of former mill and on W side of entrance to Lower Mill House.
Description
Broad Class
Commercial
Period
History
Late C19 or early C20, and part of the expansion of Usk Paper Mills after their acquisition by Beckwith & Co in 1888. The mill closed c1940 and is now an agricultural vehicle repair shop. The sheds were probably built originally for vehicle storage.
Exterior
Consisting of 5 unequal bays facing a yard to N, of brick with corrugated iron roofs (the 2nd bay from the L end has a partially collapsed roof). The bay on R (W) side is wider, the 2 bays to L (E) have asymmetrical gables. The bay at the R end has a sliding boarded door, L of which the bay has a wide opening and a boarded gable. The central bay has a boarded gable, L of which is a short link to the two L bays, which have double boarded doors under wooden lintels. The L end bay has a pivoting window above the doorway, and a small lean-to with boarded door in the L side wall.
The rear is obscured by vegetation.
Interior
Not inspected at time of survey (February 1998).
Reason for designation
Included for group value with the former Glangrwyne Paper Mill, a rare survival of a specialised building type.
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