Full Report for Listed Buildings
The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.
Summary Description
Reference Number
11268
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
29/09/1986
Date of Amendment
29/09/1986
Name of Property
Former Fire Station & Post Office Van Depot
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Bridgend
Community
Bridgend
Town
Locality
Easting
290678
Northing
179880
Street Side
Location
Adjoining Mid Glamorgan Motors to right, to S of Hope Chapel.
Description
Broad Class
Civil
Period
History
Exterior
Dated 1936 below rare EV111R insignia. Shown on 1952 listing map as Fire Station, subsequently used as Post Office Van Depot. 2-storey, 3-bay cement rendered square headed front; deep architraves to 1st floor windows with small pane glazing, tripartite to centre. Similar architrave with plaque to broad ground floor entrance carried on Doric columns. Sliding doors; smaller door to left. Slate and glazed roof.
Disused at time of inspection (April 1986).
Included as a scarce public building from the reign of Edward VIII.
Interior
Reason for designation
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