HC Deb 29 June 1964 vol 697 cc161-2W
Mr. Boyden

asked the Minister of Public Building and Works if, following his recent statement, he will list the industrial monuments which he has scheduled for preservation.

Mr. G. Rippon

The list below is not complete as it would not be possible, without an undue amount of research, to identify all the industrial monuments in question, but the following are among those of the period of the Industrial Revolution and later which are protected under the Ancient Monuments Acts:—

Iron furnace S. W. of Clydach House, Llanelly, Brecknockshire.

Hirwaun Iron Works (site of), Penderyn, Brecknockshire.

Marple Aqueduct, Cheshire.

Old Know's Lime Kiln, Marple, Cheshire.

Duddon Furnace, Millom Without, Cumberland.

Pont-Cysyllte Aqueduct, Llangollen, Denbighshire.

Glaze Meet blowinghouse (Tinner's Foundry), Ugborough, Devon.

Haytor Granite Railway, Ilsington, Devon.

Causey Arch, Tanfield, Durham.

Remains of iron furnace at Cwmaman, Aberdare, Glamorgan.

Remains of iron furnace near Angelton, Coity Higher, Glamorgan.

Mortimer's Cross water mill, Lucton, Herefordshire.

Old Malt Houses and Kiln, High Street, Stevenage, Hertfordshire.

The Malting (Kiln), St. Neot's, Huntingdonshire.

Berney Arms Drainage Mill, Reedham, Norfolk.

Canal Aqueduct, Longdon upon Tern and Rodington, Shropshire.

Ironbridge Bridge, Madeley, Shropshire.

Site of 18th-century pottery at Longton Hall, Stoke-on-Trent.

Green Mill, Saxtead, Suffolk.

Chatley Semaphore Tower, Cobham, Surrey.

Earthworks of Surrey Iron Railway, Mers-tham and Coulsdon, Surrey.

Dundas Aqueduct, Winsley, Wiltshire.

The Forge Mill, Redditch, Worcestershire.

Top Forge, Wortley Ironworks, Hunshelf, Yorkshire.

The Glassworks Cone, Catcliffe, Yorkshire.

In addition, a number of buildings of this kind are among those of special architectural or historic interest listed by my right hon. Friend the Minister of Housing and Local Government.