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Former Engine House

A Grade II Listed Building in Ffestiniog, Gwynedd

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.0017 / 53°0'6"N

Longitude: -3.9174 / 3°55'2"W

OS Eastings: 271424

OS Northings: 346651

OS Grid: SH714466

Mapcode National: GBR 5Z.GWC5

Mapcode Global: WH559.STR6

Plus Code: 9C5R232M+M2

Entry Name: Former Engine House

Listing Date: 1 February 1996

Last Amended: 1 February 1996

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 16891

Building Class: Industrial

ID on this website: 300016891

Location: Located immediately behind the electric booster house on the main level, NE of the slab mill.

County: Gwynedd

Community: Ffestiniog

Community: Ffestiniog

Locality: Maenofferen Slate Quarry

Traditional County: Merionethshire

Tagged with: House

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Exterior

Description: Small, plain early C20 rectangular slate building with slate roof and tiled ridge. Large boarded double doors to N gable end; two 16-pane fixed windows to W side. Plain interior.

Included for group value with neighbouring listed items at this exceptionally complete example of a slate quarry level.

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  • II Smithy and Workshop Range
    Immediately NE of the dressing mill on the main level of Maenofferen, a working quarry high above Llechwedd..
  • II Booster Station
    Located immediately to the E of the slate dressing mill and S of the smithy/workshop.
  • II* Powered Incline Drumhouse including chimney
    At the end of a short rock tunnel linking the main Maenofferen level with the underground incline 100m E of the slab mill.
  • II Former Weighbridge Hut
    Located immediately to the S of the powered incline drumhouse, at the mouth of the connecting tunnel to the main level; built against the rock facing the railtrack.
  • II Remote Incline Drumhouse
    Located approximately 150m NW of the slab mill on the main level of the quarry, on a bend and at the top of a long disused incline.
  • II* Slate Dressing Mill
    On the main Maenofferen level, a working underground quarry, high above Llechwedd.
  • II Hydro-electric Powerstation
    Located 1km to the NW of the main Maenofferen level, in a sheltered hollow beneath the summit of Moel Bowydd; N gable into the rock.
  • II Tai Uncorn
    Set back behind a low walled garden on a slight rise at the NE end of the street.

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