Former Llay Hall Collery Engine House is a Grade II listed building in the Wrexham local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 26 September 1994. Engine house.

Former Llay Hall Collery Engine House

WRENN ID
grim-copper-pigeon
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wrexham
Constituency
Wrexham MP: Andrew Ranger (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
26 September 1994
Type
Engine house
Address
Former Llay Hall Collery Engine House, Sydallt, Gwersyllt
OS grid reference
SJ 315 551
Coordinates
53.0889, -3.02334
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Former Llay Hall Colliery Engine House is a building constructed of red brick on a blue brick plinth, topped with a corrugated roof. It features round-headed windows with blue brick arches and metal frames, which include concentrically and radially glazed fanlights. The northern section of the building has blue brick and terracotta string courses and eaves cornices. The larger section is a tall gabled structure that runs from south-west to north-east. It has three low-level windows on the south-west gable, and originally had five openings on each side elevation; however, one opening on the north-west side has been replaced with a large sliding door. The roof appears to have been raised and re-covered at some point, and it includes a longitudinal raised vent. Inside, there is a travelling crane made by Herbert Morris Ltd. In the north-east corner, there is a small square block with a hipped slate roof and high brick parapets, which may have been associated with the fan drift. This block is connected to a wing oriented north-west to south-east, which also has a hipped slate roof and likely housed the fan engines.

Local climate

Former Llay Hall Collery Engine House receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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