Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
British Colliery Pumping Engine House
Abersychan, Torfaen, Wales
A scheduled monument in Abersychan, Torfaen, recorded as Engine House (Post Medieval/Modern).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Engine House
- Period
- Post Medieval/Modern
- Date of designation
- 26 July 1994
- Community
- Abersychan
- Unitary authority
- Torfaen
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.72659, -3.07505
- SAM number
- MM216
- Cadw record number
- 299
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1588 map "Ortelius, Abraham: Theatro De La Tierra Universal. 0" (Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1588 · Ortelius, Abraham: Theatro De La Tierra Universal. 0 (Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich)
- 1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 232 Abergavenny (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 232 Abergavenny (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1913 · Sheet 102. Newport. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Summary description and reason for designation
The following provides a general description of the Scheduled Ancient Monument.
The monument consists of the remains of an engine house, dating to the 19th century. The engine is a Cornish beam pumping engine house built at the British Ironworks by the British Iron Company to drain its mines. The Ironworks began production in 1827 and operated several coal mines in the vicinity. The pumping engine was built in 1845 to assist drainage. The engine house is built of sandstone with round-arched openings and a slate roof. The bob wall is to the south end and contains a large archway for the beam. The interior comprises timber beams, stairs and cast iron brackets and plates.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of mining in Wales. It retains significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability of the presence of associated archaeological features and deposits. The structure itself may be expected to contain archaeological information concerning chronology and building techniques. An engine house may be part of a larger cluster of industrial monuments and their importance can further enhanced by their group value.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.
Nearby in the register
- British Colliery Pumping Engine HouseIndustrialunder 1 mi
- Former British Ironworks office and foundry quadrangleIndustrialunder 1 mi
- Air Furnace at British IronworksIronworksunder 1 mi
- The Big ArchTransportunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.