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
24893
Building Number
8
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
17/07/1990
Date of Amendment
26/02/2001
Name of Property
,8,Church Street,Pontypridd,Popntypridd,,CF37 2TH
Address
8 Church Street
Location
Unitary Authority
Rhondda Cynon Taff
Community
Pontypridd
Town
Popntypridd
Locality
Pontypridd
Easting
307197
Northing
190091
Street Side
S
Location
Opposite Pontypridd Market
Description
Broad Class
Commercial
Period
History
Built by the Co-operative Retail Society in a simplified classical style with Art Deco influence on a grid pattern, characteristic of the 1920s.
Exterior
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed for architectural interest as a good design in inter-war classicism, and for group value with the Old Market Hall, Market Chambers and The Arcade.
Group Description
4-8, 7, 8, 9 and 10 Church Street
It is 3 storeys and 4 bays, of which the R-hand bay is narrower, on a steel frame. The middle and upper storeys (Nos 4-8) are stone-faced. The roof is concealed behind a parapet with moulded cornice. The bays of the upper storeys are divided by giant order pilasters with Greek key capitals, while the middle storey windows have pilasters with fluted capitals. Panelled aprons are between the middle and upper storeys, the central panel in each bay having an emphasised roundel. Each bay has 3 windows with margin-lit metal-frame glazing, some with glazing bars removed. The middle storey windows are taller. Above the lower storey is a deep stone cornice, partly obscured by modern fascia.
The lower storey (Nos 7, 8, 9, 10) has polished end pilasters and central square piers behind which is the broad passage (with added gate) to the deeply recessed entrance to the offices above. The passage has a panelled ceiling and mosaic floor.
The Hair Center (No 7) to the L has a modern shop front. Davies & Son (No 8) and the 2 shops to the R (Nos 9 and 10) retain their glazing including cross-pattern clerestorey bands below the fascias. The shop to the R-hand side (No 10) has double glazed doors with diagonal brass handles recessed with mosaic floor. The shops R and L of centre (Nos 8 and 9) have splayed corners leading into the passage, of which Davies & Son on the L (No 8) has its doorway in the splay, with a half-glazed door with margin lights and diagonal brass handle. The shop R of centre (No 9) has its own recessed doorway with similar detail.
Some original windows are retained to the plainer stepped rear.
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