Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Laboratory Building at Entrance to Former Yorkshire Imperial Metal Works
Landore, Swansea, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Industrial
- Date of designation
- 30 March 1987
- Community
- Landore
- Unitary authority
- Swansea
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.63901, -3.93634
- Cadw reference
- 11690
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Set away from road and reached under railway, entrance to works was formerly across Swansea Canal. Formerly part of Morfa Copper Works.
History
Mid to late C19, earlier origins.
Exterior
Tall 2 storey block along boundary wall with lower 1 storey and basement stepped ranges attached to inner side. Snecked rubble freestone dressings and rusticated quoins, hipped slate roof (mostly stripped). Moulded cornice and frieze band. Segmental arched heads to lugged window architraves, cill band with moulded brackets (openings blocked), plainer basement. S side of random rubble construction with brick patching. Fine stone doorcase in return facing entrance, ball finial to pediment containing cartouche, swagged capitals to panelled pilasters, arched keyblock doorcase.
Reason for designation
Derelict at time of inspection (Spring 1986)
Group value
Nearby in the register
- Canteen Building at the Former Yorkshire Imperial MetalworksIndustrialunder 1 mi
- Pier to former waste tip tramroad and adjoining boundary wallIndustrialunder 1 mi
- Copper slag abutment to former waste tip tramroadIndustrialunder 1 mi
- Museum Stores, formerly Morfa Copperworks rolling millIndustrialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.