Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
11308
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
29/09/1986
Date of Amendment
29/09/1986
Name of Property
Public Library
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Bridgend
Community
Bridgend
Town
Bridgend
Locality
Easting
290557
Northing
179868
Street Side
Location
Set back and detached in the street frontage with iron railings to the front.
Description
Broad Class
Recreational
Period
History
Built 1907 by £2,000 Carnegie grant on land given by Earl of Dunraven.
Exterior
Mannerist 2-storey, 3-bay front; Bath freestone detailing with red brick facing to 1st floor and channelled grey local stone to ground floor. Balustraded parapet, modillion cornice, plain entablature and advanced central segmental pediment carried on paired composite columns to pedimented tripartite 1st floor window with lobed balustraded balcony. Flanked by deeply recessed windows with broken pedimented architraves and blind balustraded aprons. Cornice and lettered entablature to 1st floor; advanced wave capped pillars, below 1st floor columns, flank panelled double door entrance; stilted segmental arched openings with truncated nook shafts, keystone to centre.
Interior
Reason for designation
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