Cefn Coed Colliery, No. 1 Shaft Headframe is a Grade II* listed building in the Neath Port Talbot local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 16 November 1990. Shop.
Cefn Coed Colliery, No. 1 Shaft Headframe
- WRENN ID
- tilted-kitchen-cobweb
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Neath Port Talbot
- Constituency
- Neath and Swansea East MP: Carolyn Harris (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 16 November 1990
- Type
- Shop
- Address
- Cefn Coed Colliery, No. 1 Shaft Headframe, Crynant
- OS grid reference
- SN 785 032
- Coordinates
- 51.71459, -3.75992
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Cefn Coed Colliery's No. 1 Shaft Headframe is a colliery headframe built between 1926 and 1927. It is made of steel lattice girders supported by four vertical posts and two bracing buttresses that extend from the top of the tower to the ground on the winding engine side. Each support rests on a brick plinth at ground level, and the lattice girders are connected by rivetted plates. The headframe stands approximately 18 meters high, with winding sheaves still present at the top, making it a notable landmark in the valley. Both shafts have been capped with steel joists fixed in concrete and metal plate covers.
No. 1 headframe is the more northerly of the two and is positioned over the upcast shaft, which is linked underground to a nearby fan house. The interior of the tower is enclosed with steel plates to manage ventilation, directing air down No. 2 shaft. The steel lattice structure is in good condition and was recently used to provide additional access to the Blaenant drift. Overall, the headframe retains much of its original appearance, with some modifications including a new steel staircase added on the east side, a new platform constructed at the sheaves level, and the removal of the topmost bracings.
Local climate
Cefn Coed Colliery, No. 1 Shaft Headframe sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,380 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% 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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