Engine house and chimney at Rhandirmwyn lead-mine is a Grade II listed building in the Carmarthenshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 25 February 1999. Engine house.
Engine house and chimney at Rhandirmwyn lead-mine
- WRENN ID
- second-outpost-mallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Constituency
- Caerfyrddin MP: Ann Davies (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 25 February 1999
- Type
- Engine house
- Address
- Engine house and chimney at Rhandirmwyn lead-mine, Llandovery, Llanfair-Ar-Y-Bryn
- OS grid reference
- SN 787 444
- Coordinates
- 52.08522, -3.77104
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The engine house and chimney at the Rhandirmwyn lead-mine are notable industrial structures. The engine house is made of rubble stone and is roofless, featuring a rectangular shape with large arched windows that have brick heads. On the north side, there are two arched windows and a small brick-arched opening to the right. The west end wall is rendered and includes a large arched window, although the sill has been cut down. The south wall is windowless and has a parallel wall that may have been a lean-to. The east end has a similar large brick-arched opening and the remains of a wall at the southeast that connects to the chimney, which is depicted as more intact on the cover of G W Hall's book. The chimney itself is circular, constructed of rubble stone with a brick top, and features a low brick arch at its base. In the center of the floor, there is a large stone-lined wheel-pit.
Local climate
Engine house and chimney at Rhandirmwyn lead-mine sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,280 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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