Penallta Colliery Lamp Room is a Grade II listed building in the Caerphilly local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 5 November 1991. Lamp room.
Penallta Colliery Lamp Room
- WRENN ID
- dusk-dormer-lichen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Caerphilly
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 5 November 1991
- Type
- Lamp room
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Lamproom built to store and distribute lamps to the miners for every shift. It matches the other original buildings of the colliery in style, of Pennant sandstone with red brick dressings, which comprise end piers, stepped parapets/cornice, plinth, dentilled window surrounds. Roof formerly of slates has a corrugated covering. Single storey gabled building 6 bays long 3 bays wide on N/S axis. Windows have segmental arched heads, formerly with metal multi-pane frames, now blocked; between them are 5 small openings with painted brick surrounds on each side of the building ; these were for passing out lamps to waiting miners and formerly had small metal doors though none now remain in situ.
Building divided into several offices and the main lamp room.
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