Chimney at Llancynfelin lead mine is a Grade II listed building in the Ceredigion local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 28 May 2004. Chimney.
Chimney at Llancynfelin lead mine
- WRENN ID
- rooted-keystone-crimson
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ceredigion
- Constituency
- Ceredigion Preseli MP: Ben Lake (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 28 May 2004
- Type
- Chimney
- Address
- Chimney at Llancynfelin lead mine, Llangynfelyn, Machynlleth
- OS grid reference
- SN 651 921
- Coordinates
- 52.51086, -3.98868
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The chimney at Llancynfelin lead mine is a cylindrical, tapering structure that measures approximately 3.65 meters in diameter and stands over 18 meters tall. The upper three meters of the chimney are made of brick and feature a protruding ring near the top. At ground level, there is an opening on the northwest side that leads into a chamber at the base of the chimney, which has three niches on the other three sides.
Local climate
Chimney at Llancynfelin lead mine sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,320 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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