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
17118
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
01/08/1996
Date of Amendment
01/08/1996
Name of Property
Public Library
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Rhondda Cynon Taff
Community
Porth
Town
Porth
Locality
Porth
Easting
302880
Northing
191115
Street Side
S
Location
Situated in the S part of town centre, just W of railway and river bridges.
Description
Broad Class
Civil
Period
History
Former shops c1912, donated to town as a library in 1949 in memory of William Evans of Thomas and Evans, former major shopkeepers and suppliers of Porth, further reburbished by Borough Council 1980s.
Exterior
Of red brick in mainly Flemish bond and terracotta with Welsh slate roof rendered to side. A double gable and frontage comprising on first floor a pair of Venetian windows with moulded terracotta surrounds incorporating a keystone and moulded sill with replaced glazing and between them a small moulded blind window; above are 2 stepped gables with heavy moulded corniced finials surmounted by orbs and narrow louvred lights in each apex; ground floor has 4 terracotta caryatids on moulded pilasters and brackets and supporting large consoles, 2 at each end and 2 either side of main central entrance which has a moulded black marble surround; replaced fascia, glazing and brick lower front courses. To right a flat roofed wing comprising a pair of segmental arched doorways with moulded terracotta surrounds and cornice above, 1 ground floor and 2 upper floor windows with terracotta surrounds incorporating dripmould and keystone; replaced doors and glazing. Interior recently refurbished.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed for the special interest of the terracotta detail to the main frontage.
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