Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Brick stack at Wernddu
Caerphilly, Caerphilly, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Van Road, Caerphilly, designated on 18 February 1999.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Industrial
- Date of designation
- 18 February 1999
- Locality
- Van Road
- Town
- Caerphilly
- Community
- Caerphilly
- Unitary authority
- Caerphilly
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.56954, -3.20189
- Cadw reference
- 21381
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 1636 map "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1865 · England and Wales. England No. 6. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1895 · Sheet 11. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1906 · 249 Newport (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1913 · Sheet 102. Newport. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Located in the premises of J Pesci Engineering Works in Wernddu, S of the Caerphilly to Cardiff railway line. Visible over a wide area.
History
Mid to late C19 stack, related either to the kilns of boilers of the Wernddu Coal and Brickworks, present by 1901, or to the earlier Black Vein Colliery, shown on the Ordnance Survey of 1875. Although many of the colliery buildings were located further W, an engine house is shown in the vicinity of the stack.
Exterior
Tall square-section tapering stack with stepped corbelled top and neck ring. Constructed of dark red brick. It is now free-standing.
Reason for designation
Listed as a rare and well preserved industrial chimney stack with historic interest in relation to local industry. A prominent landmark.
Nearby in the register
- Van HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Gatehouse and attached courtyard wall at Van HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Dovecote at Van HouseAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Lime Kilns on Van RoadIndustrialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.