Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Chimney at Fron Hall
Gwernymynydd, Flintshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Gwernymynydd, Flintshire, designated on 12 December 1994.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 12 December 1994
- Community
- Gwernymynydd
- Unitary authority
- Flintshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.15271, -3.16439
- Cadw reference
- 15259
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesLlyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1795 map "To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most humbly inscribed by his obedient humble servant" (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1795 · To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most… (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 108 Flint (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 108 Flint (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Located in a wood to the east of the lane between Gwernymynydd Farm and Fron Isa.
History
A late C18 or early C19 cylindrical chimney with adjacent, now ruinous kilns or furnaces. Part of the once extensive lead mining and smelting industry in the area (in 1825 the Gwernymynydd Mining Company had an output of 239 tons).
Exterior
Of rubble and about 60-70ft high and 10ft in diameter. Mostly obscured by a dense covering of ivy. The chimney tapers slightly towards the top. On the NE and SW sides small, brick-lined, round-arched openings at ground level. The latter is the original kiln opening, the former an air vent.
Reason for designation
Included for its special interest to the early industrial history of the area.
Nearby in the register
- Fron Isa Farmhouse at Fron HallDomesticunder 1 mi
- U-Shaped Agricultural Range to the west of Fron HallAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Fron HallDomesticunder 1 mi
- Former Prison Enclosure Wall behind Greystones & St. David'sCivilunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.