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
13523
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
17/07/1990
Date of Amendment
26/02/2001
Name of Property
Old Market Hall
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Rhondda Cynon Taff
Community
Pontypridd
Town
Pontypridd
Locality
Pontypridd
Easting
307207
Northing
190119
Street Side
N
Location
In the town centre, uphill from and W of the attached Market Chambers.
Description
Broad Class
Commercial
Period
History
Built in 1885 as Pontypridd's Town Hall, at a cost of £1600. The contractor was William Seaton of Pontypridd. It was superseded by the building of a new town hall in 1890 (now known as the Arcade) and became a market building.
Exterior
In a Mannerist style, of coursed rock-faced stone with freestone dressings and slate roof with glazed strips. The 3-bay front has an interrupted gable rising to a central pediment. A tall central round-headed window with keystone rises into the gable and has small-pane glazing. Flanking pilasters drop down in Mannerist style on to the labels of oval shaped windows. Round-headed doorways directly below have tooled architraves, imposts and cornices, and replaced doors and gates. Between the doorways is a blind central panel with a corbelled sill. A similar side entrance to the L beneath a gable closes the space between the Old Market Hall and the 2-storey range of shops beyond.
The Old Market Hall can also be entered by a passage from Market Street between Market Chambers and the Market Tavern Hotel. Set well back from the street it is known as the 'Reserve entrance' on the slender ironwork over the heavier cast iron gate. Above the gateway is a Dutch gable and finial, and a roundel in the gable. Flanking white-brick pilasters are corbelled out from gate hinge level.
Interior
The 9-bay roof has thin steel trusses. The floor is stone flagged and retains some early fixed timber stalls.
Reason for designation
Listed for architectural interest as a prominent public building retaining original character, and for group value with Market Chambers and other nearby listed items.
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