Walker Fan House at the former Wynnstay Colliery is a Grade II listed building in the Wrexham local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 22 February 1995. Vernacular dwelling.
Walker Fan House at the former Wynnstay Colliery
- WRENN ID
- scattered-railing-mint
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wrexham
- Constituency
- Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr MP: Steve Witherden (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 22 February 1995
- Type
- Vernacular dwelling
- Address
- Walker Fan House at the former Wynnstay Colliery, Plas Madoc, Ruabon
- OS grid reference
- SJ 293 433
- Coordinates
- 52.98262, -3.05399
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Walker Fan House at the former Wynnstay Colliery is a Grade II listed building constructed from red brick with blue bands. It features a brick plinth with blue brick coping, stone fixings, and at the southwest end, an evasee with a stone parapet and dentilled eaves, along with a cast-iron pulley for controlling the shutters. The fan chamber has large circular openings on each side, with stone blocks on the sides and at the base for fixing the machinery. At the northeast end, a sloping brick floor leads down to a tunnel opening. The retaining walls include an arched window opening on the north end. Additionally, there are brick and stone bases for the fan engine located to the southeast and southwest of the main tower.
Local climate
Walker Fan House at the former Wynnstay Colliery receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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