ARTISTIC RECREATIONS BUILDING AND LANDSCAPE SURVEY CONSULTANCY AND HERITAGE LOTTERY FUNDING DOCUMENTARY RESEARCH HERITAGE AND GUIDES MUSEUMS AND INTERPRETATION PLANNING
BUILDING AND LANDSCAPE SURVEY
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John van Laun Associates provided ‘Volume 2: Industrial Archaeology’ for the Blaenavon Industrial Landscape and Heritage Study which formed an important role in establishing Blaenavon as a World Heritage Site. The sites identified in this landscape and building survey are shown below.
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(18) Hill Pits complex – the truncated stack of the 1840s into which waste gases escaped from the coal-fired boilers. |
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(18) Hill Pits complex – the remains of the 1840s brake engine at the head of an incline down to Blaenavon Ironworks (John van Laun et al ‘Hill Pits, Blaenavon’ Industrial Archaeology Review 3 (1979), 258 – 75)
A Survey for Management of Warmley Brassworks was commissioned by English Heritage and undertaken by John van Laun Associates. Its purpose was to examine the building stock and grounds (including ornamental gardens) and to make an assessment of its history, value and group value. This was used to determine the future of this important integrated industrial complex. It was here that William Champion made significant progress in brass production from 1748. In its time it was a ‘must’ on a tour of Britain being visited by Sir Joseph Banks, Arthur Young and John Wesley.
