Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Engine House
Llanllyfni, Gwynedd, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Pen-yr-Orsedd, Caernarfon, Llanllyfni, Gwynedd, designated on 21 July 2000.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Industrial
- Date of designation
- 21 July 2000
- Locality
- Pen-yr-Orsedd
- Town
- Caernarfon
- Community
- Llanllyfni
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.06350, -4.22549
- Cadw reference
- 23722
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 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)
- 1896 · Sheet 7. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 118 Nevin (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Located on Level VIII (Bonc Brig) of Pen-yr-Orsedd Slate Quarry at the foot of the modern steep access road from Y Fron.
History
Engine house, built c1906. The quarry opened c1816 and in 1863 it was bought by W A Darbishire & Co. During the 1890s about 450 men worked here; it finally closed in 1997.
Exterior
Regularly coursed slate slabs, rendered to upper part of right gable end; slate roof with red brick integral end stack to right gable end. Front wall has wide horizontal window to left and doorway to right; further windows to centre of gable ends. Associated with blondin ropeway system running to the north-west.
Interior
Retains winding drum operated from a Bruce Peebles 3-phase motor of 1906 through reduction gearing, of which the motor, control mechanism and liquid controller survive.
Reason for designation
Included as a well-preserved engine house which, with its associated blondin ropeway system, is a significant feature of the quarry.
Scheduled Ancient Monument (208).
Nearby in the register
- Engine HouseIndustrialunder 1 mi
- Drying HouseIndustrialunder 1 mi
- Transformer HouseIndustrialunder 1 mi
- Engine and Compressor HouseIndustrialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.