Gasworks is a Grade II listed building in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 8 February 1996. Industrial.
Gasworks
- WRENN ID
- dreaming-gravel-rain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Pembrokeshire Coast National Park
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 8 February 1996
- Type
- Industrial
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The gasworks building, listed as Grade II, is located on the west side of the gasworks yard. Originally, it featured five arched openings, but a later cross-wall has divided it, incorporating a sliding door. The southern section of the building, known as the Retort House, measures approximately 4.5 meters by 4.2 meters. In this area, the two front arches have been partially filled, and taller windows have been created. The roof was raised by about 2 meters, and a flue was added to the southern wall for the retort furnace. Both the northern and southern gables have high-level circular openings that are unglazed.
The remaining section with three arches has been repurposed as a coal store, and a cobbled path leads from the gateway to this area.
Adjacent to the south of the Retort House, a Purifier House was added, designed for two purifiers, measuring approximately 2.4 meters by 4.2 meters. Near the apex of its roof, there is a steel beam with a pulley-runner and pulley anchorages on the interior faces of the gable walls, intended for lifting and moving the purifier lids. The adjacent yard appears to have been used for spreading spent lime or oxide from the purifiers, and it was enclosed by gates separating it from the main yard.
The gasholder is indicated on the Ordnance Survey map to have been located at the southwest corner of the Purifier House, while the position of the tar collection pit remains unknown.
Additionally, the range of buildings on the southern side of the yard may have served purposes related to meters, pumps, and a workers' bothy.
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