Detail Report - Bangor Civic Society

Recommendations

Info

Authority Gwynedd Community Llandygai Locality Coed-y-parc Postcode Name Formerly Listed As Location LL57 4YY Detail Report Eastern Slab Mill at Felin Fawr Slate Works Record No 4155 Grid Ref 261505 366367 Grade II* Located in the centre of yard at the Felin Fawr Slate Works, which adjoin the former Penrhyn Slate Quarry Railway and the west bank of the Afon Galedffrwd. History The earliest slab mill at Felin Fawr works was operational by 1803. A second slab mill (called Felin Fach) is thought to have opened in 1846 to deal with the increased flow of slabs from the new quarry pits at the adjoining Penrhyn Slate Quarry. This building was superceded by the present mill in 1865-6. The mill complex was once the principal slate and slab manufacturing yard for the Penrhyn Slate Quarry, one of the most productive in Wales. Exterior Long rectangular plan building, aligned roughly north-south. Snecked rubblestone with hammer-dressed quoins and voussoirs; gable-ended slate roof with slate coping and oversailing eaves. Eastern elevation has 3 original segmental-headed doorways with later infill and to left an inserted full-height doorway; similar later opening on west side near north gable end, which has slate-roofed full-width open lean-to supported on 4 cast-iron columns. Outline of lower and narrower outbuilding visible to south gable end. 6 large rooflights in eastern roof slope. Interior Interior not accessible at time of Survey. Listed Former Felin Fach Slab Mill at Felin Fawr Slate Works, B4366, Coed-y-parc Included at grade II* as an especially fine slab mill which, together with the western slab mill, is an integral part of the remarkable complex of buildings at the Felin Fawr Slate works; the mills are amongst the finest of their kind in Wales. The site is historically important as marking the introduction of industrial processes to the sawing of slates. Reference Date Listed Date Amended Date Delisted 11/04/1990 21/08/2002 J I C Boyd, Narrow Gauge Railways in North Caernarfonshire, vol. 2 (1985), pp72-4. Gwynedd Archaeological Trust, Gwynedd Slate Quarries, Report No 252. David Gwyn, 'Power Systems in Four Gwynedd Slate Quarries', Industrial Archaeology Review, XXI: 2, 1999. 20 February 2012 Page 40 of 174
Authority Gwynedd Community Llandygai Locality Coed-y-parc Name Formerly Listed As Location Detail Report Record No 4154 Grid Ref 261493 366362 Grade II* Water Wheel House between slab mills at Felin Fawr Slate Works Located between the slab mills at Felin Fawr Slate Works. History Water Wheel & House between former Slab Mills at Felin Fawr Slate Works, B4366, Coed-y-parc The wheel was made at the de Winton Foundry in Caernarfon and erected at the Felin Fawr Slate Works in 1846. Fed by underground pipes from Afon Galedffrwd upstream of the works, this 36 ft (10.97m) diameter water wheel powered the sawing and dressing machines in the adjoining dressing sheds. The Felin Fawr workshop complex was formerly the principal slate and slab manufacturing yard for the Penrhyn Slate Quarry, one of the most productive in Wales. The wheel house was in very poor condition at time of Survey. Exterior Rectangular plan building, aligned roughly north-south. Reddish brown brick laid in Flemish garden wall bond; gable-ended slate roof, collapsed at northern end, collapsing and with majority of slates missing to southern end at time of Survey. 2 surviving full-height openings with slate lintels to eastern wall; tall rectangular window (joinery gone) with slate cill and lintel in south gable end. Northern gable end collapsed. Interior Interior retains overshot wheel set low in a brick-lined wheelpit; wheel has cast-iron frame with only the lower wooden paddles intact. Drivegear and related machinery remain along with the ironwork header tank and panelled angle pilasters over the northern part of the wheel-pit. Listed Included, notwithstanding the very poor condition of the wheel house, at II* on account of its exceptional importance in the context of the major manufacturing works for the Penrhyn Slate Quarry, one of the most important and productive slate quarries in Wales; the wheel itself is one of the finest remaining industrial water wheels in Wales. Reference Date Listed Date Amended Date Delisted J I C Boyd, Narrow Gauge Railways in North Caernarfonshire, vol. 2 (1985), pp72-4. 11/04/1990 24/05/2000 20 February 2012 Page 41 of 174
Page 1 and 2: Authority Gwynedd Community Llandyg
Page 15 and 16: Authority Gwynedd National Park Sno
Page 39: Authority Gwynedd Community Llandyg
Page 65 and 66: Listed Detail Report Included, notw
Page 85 and 86: Authority Gwynedd Detail Report Nat
Page 91 and 92:
Authority Gwynedd Community Llandyg
Page 93 and 94:
Detail Report columned aisle of the
Page 95 and 96:
Page 97 and 98:
Page 99 and 100:
Page 101 and 102:
Page 103 and 104:
Page 105 and 106:
Page 107 and 108:
Page 109 and 110:
Detail Report Included as a large h
Page 111 and 112:
Page 113 and 114:
Page 115 and 116:
Page 117 and 118:
Page 119 and 120:
Page 121 and 122:
Detail Report 20 February 2012 Page
Page 123 and 124:
Page 125 and 126:
Page 127 and 128:
Page 129 and 130:
Page 131 and 132:
Page 133 and 134:
Page 135 and 136:
Authority Gwynedd National Park Sno
Page 137 and 138:
Page 139 and 140:
Page 141 and 142:
Page 143 and 144:
Page 145 and 146:
Page 147 and 148:
Page 149 and 150:
Page 151 and 152:
Page 153 and 154:
Page 155 and 156:
Page 157 and 158:
Page 159 and 160:
Page 161 and 162:
Page 163 and 164:
Page 165 and 166:
Page 167 and 168:
Page 169 and 170:
Page 171 and 172:
Page 173 and 174:
show all

Detail Report - Bangor Civic Society

Create successful ePaper yourself

Delete template?

Save as template?