Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Old Pontammon Mill
Ammanford, Carmarthenshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Ammanford, Carmarthenshire, designated on 25 November 1988.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Industrial
- Date of designation
- 25 November 1988
- Community
- Ammanford
- Unitary authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.79624, -3.96973
- Cadw reference
- 11139
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1860 map "41. Caermathen." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1860 · 41. Caermathen. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Sheet 10. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. . (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 230 Ammanford (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 230 Ammanford (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Situated amid trees below main A474 road some 150m W of Pontamman House.
History
Mostly C19 with earlier origins.
Exterior
Flour mill in squared rubble stone with some brick dressings and blockings, and slate roofs, largely collapsed (1993), stone SW end stack. Two apparent storeys externally, full-height opening to central hoist area, various window openings with simple wood frames or blocked under plain timber or stone voussoir lintels. Wheelpit at NE without wheel. Drive shaft opening in wall. Collapsed rear lean-tos.
Interior
Derelict 1988 (more so 1993) but retaining most of the drive machinery including shafts and gearing together with millstones. D-frame truss supports main vertical timber drive shaft. Former miller's house within SW end.
Reason for designation
Of special interest despite advanced state of dereliction (Spring 1993) for the scarce surviving machinery.
Nearby in the register
- Pontamman BridgeTransportunder 1 mi
- The Post OfficeCommunicationsunder 1 mi
- All Saints ChurchReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- The Arcade (consec nos)Commercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.