Former steam flour mill and malting at Fairfield-Mabey Works is a Grade II listed building in the Monmouthshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 7 August 1991. Townhouse.

Former steam flour mill and malting at Fairfield-Mabey Works

WRENN ID
scarred-pilaster-curlew
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Monmouthshire
Country
Wales
Date first listed
7 August 1991
Type
Townhouse
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The former steam flour mill and malting at Fairfield-Mabey Works is a Grade II listed building. It features two double-height storeys above a lower ground floor, although it was originally five storeys tall, with some unaltered windows still present. The building has a former hipped slate roof with overhanging eaves and flagpoles on the ridge. It is constructed from pale brown local stone, possibly over a brick core, with squared rubble and large hammer-dressed dressings and quoins. There is a blocking course below the eaves.

The east elevation has eight bays, with the top floor showcasing tall windows that have voussoir lintels and small-pane metal glazing. A large round-headed arch's voussoirs are visible in the masonry at the northern end. The middle floor has similar openings. On the ground floor, the extreme left bay features a double door set behind a broad oval-headed arch with heavy voussoirs. The south elevation consists of three bays, with the top floor having three tall windows. The middle floor has tall windows in the outer bays and smaller windows in the central bay. The ground floor includes a camber-headed opening, a central round-headed window, and to the right, a broad oval-headed arch, all of which are glazed.

The west elevation has four bays to the south in a similar style, while the northern section has five windows on the top floor (two small and three tall), four on the middle floor (one small and three tall), and three round-headed windows (originally doorways) on the ground floor. The northern elevation continues in the same style but features an external stairway and is partially obscured by red brick extensions and sheds.

The interior was converted for office use during the First World War when it was under government ownership, but it was lost to a fire.

To the west of the main building is one arch of a bridge that once supported an additional block of the mill building. This arch is bricked in and has a large voussoir and keystone, with remains of the springing for a second arch that has since been demolished. To the south, there is a single-storey free-standing gate lodge, square in plan, with a steeply-pitched hipped roof made of squared rubble. It features a doorway and almost square windows set at the eaves, with small-pane glazing and a chimney at the southwest corner. To the east, there is a single-storey outbuilding, also square in plan, which may have been the base of an oast-house as seen in old photographs. It has a hipped slate roof, is constructed from squared light-brown stone, and has broad wooden doors to the south along with camber-headed windows that have voussoir lintels.

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