No. 1 Blast Furnace at former Neath Abbey Ironworks is a Grade II* listed building in the Neath Port Talbot local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 22 December 2003. Industrial.

No. 1 Blast Furnace at former Neath Abbey Ironworks

WRENN ID: floating-parapet-rush
Grade: II*
Local Planning Authority: Neath Port Talbot
Country: Wales
Date first listed: 22 December 2003
Type: Industrial
Source: Cadw listing

Description

Blast furnace, very tall rubble Pennant sandstone, square-plan, tapering, built against a rock face for ease of charging. Furnace is some 16.2m high with base approximately 11.6m square. Base is overgrown but has large barrel vault on E side with semicircular arch with double ring of dressed stone voussoirs. Interior is supported by massive cast iron beams.

The rear of the furnace has a recess and a large chamber, hewn out of the rock wall, for the tuyere or blast pipes.

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