Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Date of Designation
23/06/1967
Date of Amendment
12/11/1996
Name of Property
Furnace Mill
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.
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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