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
11274
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
29/09/1986
Date of Amendment
29/09/1986
Name of Property
Wyndham Hotel
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Bridgend
Community
Bridgend
Town
Locality
Easting
290498
Northing
179811
Street Side
Location
On an island site with side and rear elevations to Cross Street and Elder Street.
Description
Broad Class
Commercial
Period
History
Said to be a coaching inn dating back to the C17 and once to have housed the Court House and Prison
Exterior
Earlier C19 (shown on 1830/2 map); Georgian 3-storey stucco main elevations with plinths, to NW and SW; slate roofs, rendered chimney stacks, bracket boxed eaves. 3-window NW front facing up Dunraven Place; 3-window SW side opposite No 26 and 2-window NW facing elevation forming a set back angle for the main entrance; 1-window rounded corner leading to further 3-window front opposite No 22, pilaster strip to right end; lower 3-window front to right. Mainly 12-pane sash windows; some modern small-pane windows. Classical entrance on main front with console bracketed cornice and modern doors; similar shop front to left. Some blocked windows to northern elevation of right side; Edwardian quarter round Tuscan porch with balustraded parapet; classical doorcase opposite No 22. Stucco, scribed to ground floor, Cross Street SW gable end linked by 1-storey and attic service wing with flat roof dormers and broad classical entrance to 2-storey whitewashed coursed rubble gable end on corner with Elder Street: blocked segmented arched openings, one with modern window.
Corbelled chimney breast, to 2-storey Elder Street SE end, flanked by tall small-pane sash windows with raised segmental heads. Set back and slightly lower stuccoed 2-window front with similar glazing lighting main function room (Empress Suite). Lean-to side entrance, front stepped forward and up to adjoin the 3-storey gable end of the main front.
Interior
Interior retains Art Nouveau detail tot he bar and late Georgian / Regency Empress Suite to 1st floor; reeded architraves, high ribbed ceiling with gilded roundels and raised blocked lantern to SE bay. Also said to retain early C17 arches to one bedroom.
Reason for designation
Group value.
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