Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Community Health Clinic at Bridgend General Hospital (Former Union Offices)
Bridgend, Bridgend, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Health and Welfare
- Date of designation
- 29 September 1986
- Town
- Bridgend
- Community
- Bridgend
- Unitary authority
- Bridgend
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.51015, -3.57899
- Cadw reference
- 11304
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Beside the road with left side elevation overlooking the garden of the former Workhouse.
History
Dated 1911
Exterior
Edwardian single-storey hammer dressed broad 4-window front with freestone eaves course and plinth; channelled quoins and full height central entrance. Slate roof, ridge cresting, swept bracket eaves and stock brick chimney stacks. Stepped parapet inscribed "Union Offices 1911" over advanced cavetto arched entrance with flanking blind garlanded cartouches; convex steps and double doors. Lugged architraves to horned 18-pane sash windows.
Similar detail to side elevations; 2 segmental headed sash windows to rear with voussoirs flanking central advanced gable bay with attic roundel.
Interior
Interior retains segmental barrel vaulted hall with roundels to ribbed ceiling, round arched doorways, panelled doors and giant arch with keystone.
Reason for designation
Group value.
Nearby in the register
- The Old Workhouse, Bridgend General HospitalHealth and Welfareunder 1 mi
- The Jolly BrewerCommercialunder 1 mi
- York Tavern PHCommercialunder 1 mi
- Newcastle CastleCastleunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.