Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
11630
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
30/05/1975
Date of Amendment
30/03/1987
Name of Property
St Andrew's United Reformed Church
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Swansea
Community
Castle
Town
Locality
Easting
264899
Northing
192894
Street Side
Location
Strongly designed ecclesiastical building occupying an eye-catching position mid way along St Helen’s Road on the corner of George Street.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
Church founded 1862 and opened 12 August 1864. Designed by Mr John Dickson. Redesigned and reopened in 1964 after fire damage.
Exterior
Twin towered Gothic facade above street. Snecked rubble facings, pale stone dressings, slate roof. 4-storey square towers turning octagonal to upper stages, lancet bell-openings, pilasters, set-offs, pinnaches rising through crenellated parapets. Panelled buttresses to lower storeys flanking wide gable with cut-down finial over cusped oculus and large 5-light Geometric window, cill-band linked to outer 2-light transomed windows. Square-headed Tudor doorways with dripmoulds and carved spandrels to centre, boarded doors with strapwork hinges.
6-bay flank elevations in similar style with crenellated parapets. Lower 3-bay church hall to rear. Boundary walls with panelled pinnacles to piers, elevated forecourt with steps up.
Interior
Reason for designation
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