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
11821
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
05/01/1989
Date of Amendment
05/01/1989
Name of Property
Masonic Temple
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Neath Port Talbot
Community
Neath
Town
Locality
Easting
275324
Northing
197443
Street Side
Location
On the street line midway along.
Description
Broad Class
Institutional
Period
History
Exterior
1848. Unusual 2 storey 5 bay facade of classical derivation. Snecked masonry, regular stressed quoins, plinth. Colourwashed ashlar dressings. Stylised entablature with modillion-like band. Central shaped gablet with returned round arched hoodmould over medallion bearing oculus motif.
Outer bays advanced slightly. Recessed tall round arches to central bays, ashlar keystones and impost blocks. Centre bay flanked by ashlar pilasters rising to Ionic derived capitals under gablet. Medallions inset under arches with detached scrolls beneath bearing lettering including ERECTED AD 1848. Masonic motifs of spheres and calipers to medallions.
Cambered stone lintels with stressed keystones across recessed arches to ground floor. Walls ramped inwards underneath.
Recessed doorway to right hand archway only.
Interior
Reason for designation
Cadw : Full Report for Listed Buildings [ Records 1 of 1 ]
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