Probably built in the late 19th century as part of the expansion of the old Briton Ferry Foundry into an engineering works, and replacing an earlier range of buildings on this site shown on the 1877 Ordnance Survey. (The date is unclear, however, as later Ordnance Survey maps do not show the present building until 1941.)

The site was established in 1862 as the Briton Ferry Foundry. It was operated by various owners and in 1882 was sold to Taylor, Struve, Eaton and Price, who expanded and diversified their operations into heavy engineering. The company has traded since 1900 as Taylor & Sons. The works established its reputation by manufacturing heavy machinery for the steel, tinplate and coal industries, notably a patent tinning machine used at local tinplate works. During the First World War it was converted for munitions manufacture.

A 2-storey workshop and store constructed of rubble stone, with a brick wall to the north facing the yard, and with a slate roof. The windows have brick surrounds with iron-frame glazing. The north wall is longer than the south, and consequently the west gable end is at an oblique angle. The front, facing the yard on the north side, is of 7 bays with round-headed windows. The centre bay is wider and beneath a gablet. In the upper storey is a blocked doorway under an elliptical head, with a similar doorway in the lower storey, also blocked but with a small doorway inserted into it. The left-hand bay also has a round-headed doorway. In the upper storey the bays are defined by large recessed panels. A high rubble-stone wall is attached at the right end.

The west gable end is 4 bays with round-headed windows and a large oculus beneath the apex. The shorter rear wall is of 5 bays with round-headed windows in the lower storey and lunettes above. The east gable end is roughcast and has a coped gable with a ball-topped finial. Set back against the east gable end is a lower, one-and-a-half storey, office with a brick front and an advanced, central, gabled, bay, with wooden mullioned and transomed windows. On its right side is an added lean-to.
(Source; Cadw listing database) S Fielding RCAHMW 16/10/2006