Cast House and Foundry is a Grade I listed building in the Torfaen local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 9 February 1995. Foundry.
Cast House and Foundry
- WRENN ID
- plain-mantel-candle
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Torfaen
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 9 February 1995
- Type
- Foundry
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
A pair of single storey, rectangular buildings whose gable end facades are of stone rubble masonry, with brick patching. There are ashlar dressings to quoins and ground floor openings and a stone band course giving pediment treatment; brick dressings to upper level openings. There are the remains of other cast houses to either side.
Cast house:- The main facade has three semi-circular arched ground floor openings springing from square piers. Of the three upper openings, the larger central one has a semi-circular arch and the outer two are ocular windows. The pitched roof is of slate. The base of a cupola furnace stands at the east corner of the building.
Foundry:- At ground level the main facade has three openings with evidence of other blocked openings. The larger central elliptical arch is flanked by a semi-circular arched opening to the south and a rectangular opening to the north. The roof is missing. A cupola furnace and enclosure stand at the east corner of the building.
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