Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Cwm Factory, Leri Mills
Ceulanamaesmawr, Ceredigion, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Talybont, Aberystwyth, Ceulanamaesmawr, Ceredigion, designated on 19 September 1997.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Industrial
- Date of designation
- 19 September 1997
- Locality
- Talybont
- Town
- Aberystwyth
- Community
- Ceulanamaesmawr
- Unitary authority
- Ceredigion
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.48264, -3.98743
- Cadw reference
- 18896
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1830 map "V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1896 · Sheet 7. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 163 Aberystwyth (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Situated on N bank of Leri some 300m W of Talybont Bridge, approached by footpath and footbridge only.
History
Mid C19 woollen factory, part of the extensive Leri or Lerry Mills complex, dated 1858 on water-wheel.
Exterior
Rubble stone with slate roof, single-storey long industrial building. Five windows to river all cross-mullioned, small-paned, timber with iron glazing bars. E end has 13' undershot iron wheel made by Samuel Owens of Newtown in 1858. Door to right with timber lintel, and window with brick head above wheel. W end centre door with brick head and casement pair window to left, timber lintel.
Reason for designation
An unaltered C19 woollen mill, dramatically-set in the Leri gorge.
Nearby in the register
- Dyeing Shed, Middle Factory, Leri MillsIndustrialunder 1 mi
- Milestone S of TalybontTransportunder 1 mi
- Riverside Building, Middle Factory, Leri MillsIndustrialunder 1 mi
- Upper Building, Middle Factory, Leri MillsIndustrialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.