ROYAL MINT, LLANTRISANT

Site Details

NPRN
408852
Map Reference
ST08NW
Grid Reference
ST0399185005
Unitary (Local) Authority
Rhondda, Cynon, Taff
Old County
Glamorgan
Community
Llantrisant
Type of Site
MINT
Broad Class
Industrial
Period
Modern

Site Description

The Royal Mint was moved from Tower Hill to Llantrisant, where the first phase was opened by the Queen in 1968. The manufacture of decimal currency in readiness for the introduction of decimalisation on 15 February 1971, made the construction of a new mint essential. The buildings are clad in lightweight concrete panels on brick podiums. In the centre of the site, between the administrative offices and the canteen, brick plinths link up to form a pedestrian walkway, connecting the initial industrial processes - melting, rolling and blanking - with the annealing and coining buildings. Security provision includes perimeter fencing and a police post. The buildings cover an area of 30 acres and cost £8.5 million.

Reference: COI photographs and notes, dated 1977.