Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Outbuilding at Cil-cewydd Mill
Forden with Leighton and Trelystan, Powys, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Cil-cewydd, Forden with Leighton and Trelystan, Powys, designated on 20 March 1998.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Agriculture and Subsistence
- Date of designation
- 20 March 1998
- Locality
- Cil-cewydd
- Community
- Forden with Leighton and Trelystan
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.62924, -3.14076
- Cadw reference
- 19560
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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)
- 1899 · 151 Welshpool (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1916 · Sheet 60. Shrewsbury. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
The mill is located on the E bank of the River Severn, below the causewayed approach of the A490 to the Severn Bridge, and alongside the main Cambrian (Shrewsbury to West Coast) railway line. The outbuilding stands immediately to the ENE of the mill
History
The main corn mill for the Leighton Estate; John Naylor, a Liverpool banker, had aquired the Leighton Estate in 1846-47 and embarked on an ambitious programme of building, notably Leighton Hall, church and Leighton Farm. The Estate was extended and improved until Naylor's death in 1889, becoming a remarkable example of high-Victorian estate development. The mill was the main corn mill for the Leighton Estate, and was built for John Naylor in 2 phases, 1862 and 1868. The outbuilding is identical in style and build to the office and loading building, and probably dates from the initial build of 1862.
Exterior
Built of red brick in Flemish bond founded on a chamfered stone plinth, with rock-faced and margin dressed stone quoins and dressings. Slate roof. One storey, two bays. The N gable has a 28-pane iron framed window, the centre 4 panes pivot hung, set in an opening with a round brick arch with stone dressings. Framed and boarded door within a round-headed arch in the S gable end. Ridge ventilator.
Interior
Suspended timber floor. Walls have matchboarded dado to 2.2m. Open haunched king-post truss with raking struts.
Reason for designation
The Leighton Estate is an exceptional example of high-Victorian estate development. It is remarkable for the size and ambition of its conception and planning, the consistency of its design, the extent of its survival, and is the most complete example of its type in Wales. Cil-cewydd Mill is an important industrial complex at the heart of the economic development of the estate, and the outbuilding is included as a key building in this well-articulated major corn-mill complex.
Nearby in the register
- Mill Office at Cil-cewydd MillAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Loading Bay and Weighhouse at Cil-cewydd Corn MillAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Cil-cewydd Corn MillIndustrialunder 1 mi
- Workman's HutAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.