Full Report for Listed Buildings
The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.
Summary Description
Reference Number
83
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
23/06/1967
Date of Amendment
12/11/1996
Name of Property
Furnace Mill
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Conwy
Community
Eglwysbach
Town
Locality
Bodnant Gardens
Easting
279762
Northing
372181
Street Side
Location
Located on the eastern bank of the Afon Hiraethllyn, within The Dell, some 200m SW of Bodnant House; set against the slope of a hill.
Description
Broad Class
Industrial
Period
History
Exterior
Estate flour mill built in simple Italianate classical style in 1837. 5-bay, storeyed symmetrical building with central entrance; of rubble with sandstone dressings and a shallow, hipped slate roof, deep eaves. Arched openings to the ground floor with projecting springing and keystones; recessed dressed voussoirs beneath arch-rings. Recessed, boarded and studded door via 3 slate steps; 36-pane iron-framed square windows with blind tympana and projecting cills. Segmental heads to upper windows as before; 30-pane iron-framed windows. Entrance as before to L side with stepped access alongside retaining wall beyond, giving upper access at rear.
Interior
The interior was not inspected during the survey (May 1996).
Reason for designation
A well-conceived C19 mill building of simple elegance.
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