Latitude: 53.1249 / 53°7'29"N
Longitude: -4.119 / 4°7'8"W
OS Eastings: 258308
OS Northings: 360735
OS Grid: SH583607
Mapcode National: GBR 5Q.71X7
Mapcode Global: WH54M.PQS7
Plus Code: 9C5Q4VFJ+XC
Entry Name: Former Mortuary
Listing Date: 7 February 1989
Last Amended: 4 November 1999
Grade: II
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 4150
Building Class: Health and Welfare
ID on this website: 300004150
Location: Located immediately to the north-west of the former hospital at Dinorwic Slate Quarry on the edge of the levelled site.
County: Gwynedd
Town: Caernarfon
Community: Llanddeiniolen
Community: Llanddeiniolen
Locality: Gilfach Ddu
Traditional County: Caernarfonshire
Tagged with: Architectural structure Former hospital
Built in 1906 to serve the adjoining quarry hospital which was for quarry employees and their families and was financed by the men’s own contributions; it provided free medical care, a weekly payment during sickness, pension and burial expenses.
Small single-storey structure with rear gable end built into hillside. Snecked slate slab construction; slate roof. Front gable end with finial and pendant to bargeboards; modern slate datestone "1906" above central boarded door. Small rectangular window to each return.
Interior has 2 slate slab coffin tables on red brick piers.
Included for its group value with the former Quarry Hospital and for its historic interest as an early and well-preserved example of this building type.
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