The Pelut Textile Colony, also known as the Conangle Colony, SAY Colony or Ymbern Colony - the surname of the family under which the factory complex operated for more than seventy years - is one of the large colonies in the Ges Valley, including La Mambla, Borgonyà, Vila-seca and La Coromina. El Pelut is one of the most unified complexes, a product of the industrialisation of the river Ter, made up of the following elements: the factory and the canal, the tenants‘ and managers’ dwellings, the gardens and the access bridge.

The current appearance of the colony is the result of the constructions carried out during the first third of the 20th century, promoted by the Calvet brothers and completed by the Ymbern family. It is accessed via a stone bridge that crosses the river. The layout of the industrial buildings - built in choreographed stone in the Art Nouveau style - forms a square. The workers' dwellings, as well as the shops, laundries and sports fields, the adjoining farm and, above all, the magnificent gardens, designed by Nicolau M. Rubió i Tudurí, make it a unique example of an industrial colony in Catalonia. It should be noted that the industrial complex was left unfinished following the premature death of Eduard Calvet and that the original project would have been much more ambitious than what was finally carried out.

Probably under the orders of the architect Riera - strongly influenced by the school of Gaudí - the industrial buildings were built. It is a group of 18 dwellings divided by the inn building, which would function as an occasional grocery shop and residence for the assemblers passing through the colony, a rear area with laundry rooms, a courtyard and vegetable gardens, a space for a summer dance hall and a landscaped area with sports courts. The construction of a commissary, a café-casino, a school and another group of dwellings was not completed.

Workers' housing: a group of 18 dwellings in the form of a block between party walls with a ground floor and two storeys, with a backyard and laundry rooms located in the north of the colony. They have openings decorated with exposed brickwork and exposed pebbles. They have a double-sloped Romanesque roof with a ridge parallel to the façade and gables open to the façade. The ensemble has a Catalan Art Nouveau-noucentista appearance with all the features of the period: traditional materials, decorative brickwork and a predominance of the full façade over the recess in the composition of the façades. In the central space of this complex, the façade of what used to be the old inn-grocery shop stands out, which was a building of considerably larger dimensions than the rest. The remaining buildings housed several families per floor. They are currently empty and in a considerable state of ruin.

Managers‘ dwellings: a group of 4 dwellings in the form of a block between partitions with a ground floor and two floors, with a rear courtyard located between the block of workers’ buildings and the factory. It has biformed and triforated openings decorated with exposed brickwork and exposed river pebbles. The roof has a Roman tile gable roof with a ridge parallel to the façade and gables open to the façade. The complex has a modernist-noucentist appearance with all the features of the period: traditional materials, decorative exposed brickwork and a predominance of the full over the empty in the composition of the façades.

Factory: a complex made up of six different naves enclosing a large inner courtyard. These naves are of exposed brickwork and have a gable roof with Roman tiles and a ridge perpendicular to the façade. The south and southeast aisles have semicircular windows that provide ample light. Originally, there were no naves on the north side of the courtyard; this sector is where the directors' houses are located.

Two of the halls have cellars lit through an English courtyard. Today, the factory is operated by two companies and a large hall has been built in the former central courtyard.

Canal: 200 m long canal made of retaining walls of boulders and cement. On the side separating the canal wall and the river, there is an area with poplar trees. On the other side, there is a stone railing from which the canal, the lock and the river can be seen. The canal is just over 9 m wide. It has two sluice gates: the sluice house and a bottom discharge gate, a few metres from the first one. It channels the water towards the southern nave, where the turbine is located.

Gardens: located to the east of the factory and the managers‘ houses and below (southeast) the workers’ houses, they border the canal on the south side. They occupy what should originally have been the central space of the colony. They are romantic gardens with a geometric layout and pedestrian paths, designed by the master builder Josep Maria Riera and Nicolás Rubió i Tudrí. They feature both native and imported plant species. The space between the gardens and the factory was originally a sports area made up of two football pitches and a tennis court. Elements of the original lighting system are also preserved, such as street lamps from the 1920s and 1930s. The gardens are currently abandoned and in a precarious state of conservation.

Access bridge: This 85-metre-long bridge is very beautifully made and monumental in appearance, especially the entrance arch, built with blocks of crushed stone, which forms an ensemble of perfect architectural lines. It has six semicircular arches of 14 m each, framed in brick. On both sides there is a railing in the same style as the canal railing. The paving is asphalt and there are pavements on both sides. In 1920, work began on a stone bridge under the patronage of the Calvet house. It is the only bridge in the whole of the Torell sector that withstood the 1940 downpour, but the abutments on the north side were damaged when they were dislodged and were repaired by the Ymbern company. Until the Borgonyà bridge was built in 1957, all the traffic between Torelló and the Pyrenean regions had to necessarily pass over this site.

The origins of the Ymbern settlement can be traced back to an establishment that worked there in 1859, when the businessman Joan Camps set up a leather tannery (which is why it is known as El Pelut). Years later, it changed its use for the production of cotton spinning. In 1879, it changed ownership to Valentín Fath, who also founded the colony of La Mambla.

In 1882, Fath entered into a partnership with the manufacturer Vehil. In 1889 it suffered a serious fire that completely destroyed it.

Between 1893 and 1904 it passed into the hands of Lluís Madirolas, who resumed production by rebuilding the burnt parts.

In 1905, the factory passed into the hands of the Calvet brothers, who gave the factory its current appearance. The project came to a halt in 1917.

In 1930, the Ymbern family modernised the colony by replacing the old turbine with an alternator.

In 1935, it was decided not to continue with the previous project to extend the colony, reducing the elements to the factory complex, the 18 dwellings, including an inn-grocery shop, a block of 4 managerial buildings, the colony gardens and the access bridge from Torelló.