Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Gauge House at Claerwen Reservoir
Llanwrthwl, Powys, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Elan Valley, Llanwrthwl, Powys, designated on 14 November 2000.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Water Supply and Drainage
- Date of designation
- 14 November 2000
- Locality
- Elan Valley
- Community
- Llanwrthwl
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.25809, -3.65845
- Cadw reference
- 24387
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 1608 map "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 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)
- 1898 · 179 Rhyader (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Below Claerwen dam on the W side of the stone-lined channel.
History
Claerwen Reservoir was built by the City of Birmingham Water Department 1948-52. The consulting engineers were Sir William Halcrow & Partners. The contractor was Edmund Nuttall Sons & Co of London.
Exterior
Small single-storey building of coursed, rock-faced reconstituted stone and the flat roof concealed behind a projecting coping course. A boarded door is on the E side, above which is a bronze plaque with raised lettering commemorating the inauguration of Claerwen Reservoir in October 1952 by Queen Elizabeth II. The side walls have small metal-framed windows incorporating top-hung casements.
Reason for designation
Listed for group value with the Claerwen dam.
Nearby in the register
- Road bridge below Claerwen dam (partly in Rhayader community)Transportunder 1 mi
- Claerwen dam, including attached footbridges (partly in Rhayader community)Water Supply and Drainageunder 1 mi
- Claerwen Dam, including attached footbridges (partly in Llanwrthwl Community)Transportunder 1 mi
- Cerrig Llwydion Deserted Rural SettlementDeserted Rural Settlement1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.