Saw Mill is a Grade II listed building in the Torfaen local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 9 February 1995. Industrial shed.

Saw Mill

WRENN ID
final-pedestal-lark
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Torfaen
Constituency
Torfaen MP: Nick Thomas-Symonds (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
9 February 1995
Type
Industrial shed
Address
Saw Mill, Big Pit Mining Museum, Blaenavon
OS grid reference
SO 239 087
Coordinates
51.77189, -3.1039
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

This building is a single-storey, rectangular brick shed that dates from the 19th century. It features four bays and has a modern shed attached to the southwest. The northwest gable includes a tramway entrance with rails still in place, along with a small-pane window that has a segmental arch. There are also additional blocked entrances in the northeast wall. The shed is topped with a pitched roof covered in corrugated iron and has a stepped brick cornice. Inside, the roof structure consists of iron trusses, and in the center, there is a saw bench equipped with a circular saw.

Local climate

Saw Mill sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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