Boiler stack of former lead mine NW of Cefn-parc Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Rhondda Cynon Taf local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 15 August 2000. Industrial structure.

Boiler stack of former lead mine NW of Cefn-parc Farm

WRENN ID
solemn-crypt-ash
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Rhondda Cynon Taf
Constituency
Cardiff West MP: Mr Alex Barros-Curtis (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
15 August 2000
Type
Industrial structure
Address
Boiler stack of former lead mine NW of Cefn-parc Farm, Mwyndy, Pontyclun, Pont-Y-Clun, Rhondda Cynon Taff
OS grid reference
ST 048 821
Coordinates
51.53046, -3.37331
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The boiler stack of the former lead mine, located northwest of Cefn-parc Farm, is a round structure made of rubble stone. It has a base diameter of approximately 3 meters and tapers to a height of about 25 meters. The stack features some surviving projecting coping stones. It is built on a wider stone plinth, which has partially collapsed. There is a segmental-headed opening on the west side at the base of the stack.

Local climate

Boiler stack of former lead mine NW of Cefn-parc Farm sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,150 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 21 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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