Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Engine Shed on former Padarn Railway
Y Felinheli, Gwynedd, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Penscoins, Y Felinheli, Gwynedd, designated on 18 April 1997.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 18 April 1997
- Locality
- Penscoins
- Town
- Y Felinheli
- Community
- Y Felinheli
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.18710, -4.19478
- Cadw reference
- 18355
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 1896 map "Sheet 7. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1896 · Sheet 7. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 106 Bangor (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 106 Bangor (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1919 · Sheet 41. Anglesey. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Situated down a track which runs along the route of the former Padarn railway NW from Penscoins Cottages.
History
1895 engine shed of the Padarn railway from the Dinorwic quarry to Port Dinorwic, the line built between June 1841 and December 1843. From 1843, until the introduction of steam locomotives in 1848, the slates from the quarry were drawn on wagons pulled by horses. From a point just W of the engine shed, the slate wagons were taken to the quayside via an inclined plane. The railway and the port system closed on 27 October 1961.
Exterior
Rectangular engine shed approximately 40m long and 6m wide of slate slabs with slate roof. Three regularly spaced windows each side all with rail lintels. NW end has large pair of sliding board doors and slate plaque above with 1895 date. Water tank to right supported by tower of similar slate slabs. SE end has door to right.
Reason for designation
Included as a well-preserved example of C19 engine shed, of historic importance in connection with the transport system for the slate trade of Port Dinorwic.
Nearby in the register
- Road Bridge over former Padarn RailwayTransportunder 1 mi
- Cae GlasDomesticunder 1 mi
- Telephone Call-box at N end of bridge over disused railway (01248 670285)Communicationsunder 1 mi
- Cae GlasDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.