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Latitude: 53.0641 / 53°3'50"N
Longitude: -4.2242 / 4°13'27"W
OS Eastings: 251056
OS Northings: 354190
OS Grid: SH510541
Mapcode National: GBR 5L.BSDS
Mapcode Global: WH54Z.27RS
Plus Code: 9C5Q3Q7G+M8
Entry Name: Locomotive Shed
Listing Date: 21 July 2000
Last Amended: 21 July 2000
Grade: II
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 23671
Building Class: Industrial
ID on this website: 300023671
Location: Located on Level VIII (Bonc Brig) of the Pen-yr-Orsedd Slate Quarry to the east of the modern steep access road from Y Fron.
County: Gwynedd
Town: Caernarfon
Community: Llanllyfni
Community: Llanllyfni
Locality: Pen-yr-Orsedd
Traditional County: Caernarfonshire
Tagged with: Architectural structure
Constructed after 1916 as part of expansion at the quarry. The quarry opened c1816 and in 1863 it was bought by W A Darbishire & Co. During the 1890s about 450 men worked here: it finally closed in 1997.
Regularly coursed and dressed slate slabs; slate roof. Rectangular plan with roughly central catslide lean-to on east side. Gable end to north has wide entrance with steel lintel; short integral stack to south gable end.
A-frame roof trusses.
Included as a well-preserved locomotive shed built as part of a programme of expansion at the quarry during the First World War, having strong group value with other structures on this level.
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