Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
25954
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
26/03/1992
Date of Amendment
04/12/2001
Name of Property
Chimney of former Ynysgedwen Iron Works
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Ystradgynlais
Town
Swansea
Locality
Ynyscedwyn
Easting
278347
Northing
209179
Street Side
Location
Situated on grassed site bounded by Glan-Rhyd Road and Pont Aur, just N of Ystradgynlais Hospital.
Description
Broad Class
Industrial
Period
History
Chimney to former Ynysgedwen Ironworks, dated 1872. This was not part of the ancient ironworks which dated back to the C17 but part of an attempt to revitalise the failing business with a new rolling mill (of which the arcaded walls are separately listed), never completed, the works closing in 1876. Post-industrial tidying has removed evidence of the earlier buildings and this chimney and the two arcaded walls of 1872 are preserved. The site is a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
Exterior
Chimney, tapering square chimney in yellow brick on square base with blank arched openings. Arches have convex moulding to surrounds, and right arch has stone date-plaque 1872. Moulded cornice in brick with stone corner stones. Main shaft has raised band at top below raised coping. Total height is some 70 feet.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as a remaining part of a very important Welsh industrial site.
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