Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
24387
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
14/11/2000
Date of Amendment
14/11/2000
Name of Property
Gauge House at Claerwen Reservoir
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Llanwrthwl
Town
Locality
Elan Valley
Easting
286900
Northing
263510
Street Side
Location
Below Claerwen dam on the W side of the stone-lined channel.
Description
Broad Class
Water Supply and Drainage
Period
History
Claerwen Reservoir was built by the City of Birmingham Water Department 1948-52. The consulting engineers were Sir William Halcrow & Partners. The contractor was Edmund Nuttall Sons & Co of London.
Exterior
Small single-storey building of coursed, rock-faced reconstituted stone and the flat roof concealed behind a projecting coping course. A boarded door is on the E side, above which is a bronze plaque with raised lettering commemorating the inauguration of Claerwen Reservoir in October 1952 by Queen Elizabeth II. The side walls have small metal-framed windows incorporating top-hung casements.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed for group value with the Claerwen dam.
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