Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
23671
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
21/07/2000
Date of Amendment
21/07/2000
Name of Property
Locomotive Shed
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Llanllyfni
Town
Caernarfon
Locality
Pen-yr-Orsedd
Easting
251056
Northing
354190
Street Side
Location
Located on Level VIII (Bonc Brig) of the Pen-yr-Orsedd Slate Quarry to the east of the modern steep access road from Y Fron.
Description
Broad Class
Industrial
Period
History
Constructed after 1916 as part of expansion at the quarry. The quarry opened c1816 and in 1863 it was bought by W A Darbishire & Co. During the 1890s about 450 men worked here: it finally closed in 1997.
Exterior
Regularly coursed and dressed slate slabs; slate roof. Rectangular plan with roughly central catslide lean-to on east side. Gable end to north has wide entrance with steel lintel; short integral stack to south gable end.
Interior
A-frame roof trusses.
Reason for designation
Included as a well-preserved locomotive shed built as part of a programme of expansion at the quarry during the First World War, having strong group value with other structures on this level.
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