Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Brynderwen Warehouse
Llandyssil, Powys, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Brynderwen, Llandyssil, Powys, designated on 14 July 1997.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commercial
- Date of designation
- 14 July 1997
- Locality
- Brynderwen
- Community
- Llandyssil
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.55077, -3.23565
- Cadw reference
- 18532
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 1637 map "Particular description of Wales. Cambria seu Wallia" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1637 · Particular description of Wales. Cambria seu Wallia (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 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)
- 1899 · 165 Montgomery (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Located at Brynderwen wharf on the Montgomeryshire Canal, between Brynderwen Lock and the A483.
History
The warehouse was built by the Shropshire Union Railway and Canal Company, probably c1880 - 1890, to encourage the transportation of agricultural goods along the Montgomeryshire Canal. Restored in 1993.
Exterior
1 unit, 2-storey warehouse under a slate roof. The lower storey is of blue brick and the upper storey is corrugated-iron clad. At the S end there is a wood planked door at ground level, and planked double doors above. On the ground storey there are small-pane cast-iron windows under segmental brick heads on the E side and at the N end. There are no openings on the W side, but a wooden sign board faces the road and reads:
Shropshire Union
Railways & Canal Co.
Central Carriers
Reason for designation
Listed as an exceptionally well-preserved example of a late C19 warehouse. Part of an important group of canal structures at Brynderwen Wharf.
Nearby in the register
- Bridge 146 and Brynderwen LockTransportunder 1 mi
- Bridge 145 over the Montgomeryshire CanalTransportunder 1 mi
- Dolforwyn Hall HotelDomesticunder 1 mi
- Bryn-Derwen Mound and Bailey CastleMotte and Baileyunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.