Corrugated Iron

Corrugated iron house at Dolbenmaen.

The first of two corrugated iron dwellings spotted whilst travelling past Bronaber near Trawsfynydd. This one seems to have been extended more than once.

St Gwrhai's church hall at Penstrowed just to the west of Newtown, Powys. The adjacent church gets all the attention in the texts I have been able to locate so far. The Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust website rabbits on about the nineteenth century church building and completely ignores this little gem.

The prisoner of war camp at Cultybraggan was completed in late 1941 and originally used to house Italian prisoners. It was later used as a transit camp for Germans and as a high security establishment for holding ardent nazis. Later it became a MOD training centre until closure in 2004. It is now owned by the local community through the Comrie Development Trust. The camp still contains a large number of nissen huts and these make a spectacular sight.

The premises of King's Coaches are mainly constructed of corrugated iron. The buildings, adjacent to the transporter bridge, add immensely to the atmosphere of the area. View On Black

The pink church at Hassall Green is a much loved corrugated iron gem.

Odlum's Sallins oatmeal mill is situated part way up the Naas branch of the Grand Canal in Country Kildare. The corrugated iron clad structure once provided cover and storage for grain being unloaded from barges. William Odlum opened his first flour mill in 1845 and subsequently his two sons, William P. and Richard Odlum established the company W.P. & R. Odlum. In the early 20th century, the company operated as many as nine mills but consolidation reduced that number to the three flour mills in Dublin, Cork, and Portarlington and an oatmeal mill in Naas. The company remained in family hands until 1988 and is now owned by Origin Enterprises. The Sallins mill was closed in 2008.

Spotted whilst out with Eagle142 today, this was just too good to miss. Office building in a former haulage yard at Whitemoor Hollow, below Gawsworth Common.

Anglican Services started at Strines (Calico) Print Works in 1854 and the owners of the Works built this church in 1880. The interior is timber lined and very attractive although the original pews have been replaced with chairs. At the far right it can be seen that the extra 'vestry' option was taken when the building was ordered.

Large Nissen type hut at Snape Farm POW camp, Weston. I understand that his may have been used as a mess hut.

During my recent look at Oldham area cotton mills I was circumnavigating the Fir Mill at Royton when, in an enclosure behind the enginehouse, this Nissen Hut came into view. In the background is the enginehouse in which a 1600hp Scott & Hodgson engine was erected during 1905.

Differing styles of huts on the periphery of the Snape Farm POW camp at Weston.

Surface arrangements at a small mine at Leycett, Staffordshire at a time when such things were still to be found around the Potteries.

A collection of corrugated iron structures at Mutehill just outside Kirkcudbright.

Eddie and Edith Burgess ran Constellation Cruises from the Nelson Arm at Higher Poynton for many years. After Eddie died the buildings slowly became more decrepit and eventually Edith sold the business and retired. The site is now the base of Braidbar boats who fit out narrowboat shells and the only survivor from earlier times is the former chandlery building that has metamorphosed into the ' Trading Post '. Chandlery is still available but you can also have a pump-out, buy diesel, or walkers can buy a cup of tea and something to eat along with a waterway magazine or two. The Macclesfield Canal runs on the far side of the towpath bridge on the right and the water in view is on the private canal arm constructed for the use of Lord Vernon's Collieries when the canal was built and opened in 1831. It is only a couple of boats long and terminates alongside the modern bungalow seen on the left. The Nelson Pit was situated somewhere near the birch tree and coal would be brought up the shaft and tipped straight into boats for shipment to the mills of Bollington, Marple and beyond. After winding of coal here ended in 1870 a stationary steam engine was installed to haul coal tubs up a tramroad from the Anson Pit. Loaded tubs destined for the canal were also brought to the Anson Pit on standard gauge railway wagons from the Park Pits some distance away. I believe that he last coal was shipped out from here in the early 1930s. Being a long-established connection to the main canal means that British Waterways cannot demand an annual connection fee from Braidbar Boats, neither can they insist that any boat in the arm has to have a licence. This is a significant commercial advantage to the business.

The Mission Church at Wern, Minera has been closed for some time. It is up for sale, but the covenants and restrictions on use are such that a buyer has proved elusive. It is listed Grade II, and it will be a pity if bumbledom by the church and planning authorities means that it is allowed to fall into ruin.

The local builder's merchants occupies this fine shed on the outskirts of Moretonhampstead. The frontage clearly had sliding doors and I wonder whether this was once a motor repairs and petrol garage.

A useful looking shed at the Moseley Railway Trust on the old colliery site at Apedale.