Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
11602
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
20/03/1981
Date of Amendment
30/03/1987
Name of Property
Former Carlton Cinema (Including Nos.18B & 18C)
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Swansea
Community
Castle
Town
Locality
Swansea
Easting
265343
Northing
192945
Street Side
Location
Very large frontage in range of lower buildings.
Description
Broad Class
Commercial
Period
History
1913-14. Designed by C T Ruthen, architect of Swansea for Swansea Electric Cinema Co Ltd; Henry Billings of Swansea, contractors (Cost £15,000). Cinema closed 29 October 1977.
Exterior
Structure of reinforced concrete, steel and brick with facade of Doulton’s White Carraraware. Bronzeware to capitals and bases of columns.
4 storey, 3 bay symmetrical front (painted ground floor) with end towers. Ribbed domes, swags and volutes to drums, scrolled pediments to columned aedicules over wreather bull’s-eye windows. Balustraded and solid parapet over deep dentil and egg-and-dart cornice. Ionic columns in antis to centre bay with semi-dome to giant arched bow window lighting ironwork balconies inside, foliage spandrels.
Three levels of tripartite windows to rusticated sides with squat Doric/Ionic/Corinthian columns, moulded and sculptured decorative panels with dancing putti. Outer ground floor bays have large arched openings (blocked) with panelled pilasters, foliage spandrels and grotesque keyblocks. Recessed modern shop front to centre.
Interior
Ground floor interior retains part of columned treatment to ovoid open staircase at rear of shop (formerly foyer). Rest of interior formerly had plasterwork to gallery front and to the barrel vault at rear of auditorium etc.
Reason for designation
Cadw : Full Report for Listed Buildings [ Records 1 of 1 ]
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