10867

 

II  

Designated  

10/01/1991  

10/01/1991  

Trinity Presbyterian Church of Wales  

 

Rhondda Cynon Taff  

Aberdare East  

 

 

300120  

202642  

 

On the corner with Canon Street to which the railed side elevation faces.  

Religious, Ritual and Funerary  

 

Dated l867, cost £l,300; architect Evan Griffiths, builder Mr Simon Richards. Remodelled after l894 and enlarged again l908-9 with the addition of organ chamber, lecture hall and classrooms; total cost £3,500 - architect, Mr J Llewellyn Smith. Memorial Chapel added in l951.  

Classical 2-storey rendered and pedimented 4-bay front with added full width ground floor lobby; painted freestone dressings. Before l894 it had flatter pediment and different parapet. Bases for acroteria remain; pediment broken by giant arch over recessed central two bays with lettering. Outer advanced bays are flanked by composite pilasters with plain frieze; horned l2-pane sash windows to these bays with architraves and detached pediments. Semi-circular headed central windows with moulded heads, Ionic pilasters, balustraded aprons etc; inscribed and foliated datestone. Lobby has channelled pilasters flanking the outer bays and detached cornices over horned 6-pane sashes. Round arched headed paired entrances with impost band; 6-panel doors, fanlights and central lamp bracket. The façade continues around the corner to left with composite pilasters flanking narrow end bay. 5-Window and a further bay beyond that, the greater part of which is symmetrical. Cornices to both floors, sill bands and impost band to gallery and channelled ground floor; small pane sashes, round arched over square headed. Channelled pilasters to narrow end bay added in l908-9 with Venetian windows (blind to centre) with pilasters and apron; blocked door below flanked by sash windows. Right hand side and hall range reached by a round arched doorway to right of the façade. 3-storey hall range.  

Rectangular interior with raked gallery carried on quatrefoil shaped cast iron columns with annulets; panelled gallery front. l950s ceiling. Platform altered; ironwork balustrade to set fawr.  

Group value.