Fan and Compressor House is a Grade II listed building in the Torfaen local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 9 February 1995. House. 1 related planning application.
Fan and Compressor House
- WRENN ID
- small-rotunda-peregrine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Torfaen
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 9 February 1995
- Type
- House
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Fan and Compressor House is a single-storey, rectangular building constructed of red brick with a dressed stone plinth. It features three bays on both the side elevation and the gable end. There are extensions to the south-east, south-west, and north-east, as well as a low structure to the north-west. On the south gable, there are two identical arched doorways with wooden double doors, while a third, taller, central arch is blocked. The roof is pitched and covered with slate, featuring a tiled ridge and a large square chimney base on the south-west pitch.
The north-east elevation includes two semi-circular brick arched windows, with a metal duct protruding from the east window. A brick extension at the western end has a corrugated iron cat slide roof. The south-west elevation has two windows: one with a semi-circular brick arch and the other with a segmental brick arch. There is also a brick extension at the west end that has two large iron ducts leading from it. The ground to the north-west is partly built up around a long, low brick structure with a dressed stone base.
Inside the main building, two compressors remain along with the base of a third. Some areas of the floor still retain their original tiles, and the roof trusses are made of iron. The telephonist's room in the north-west extension contains remnants of the communication system. The fan housing itself was not accessible as of Autumn 1993.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- Radon risk assessment
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