Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Caseys Roofing Centre (Formerly Landore Cinema)
Landore, Swansea, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commercial
- Date of designation
- 30 March 1987
- Locality
- Landore
- Community
- Landore
- Unitary authority
- Swansea
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.64021, -3.93832
- Cadw reference
- 11689
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 main road opposite the former Landore Works of Yorkshire Imperial Metals Ltd.
History
Opened 1914, built for Landore Cinema Co Ltd, closed as cinema 1938. Classical style.
Exterior
2 storey rendered entrance block at right angles to road with pitched-roof auditorium to rear. Channelled rustication to towers (partly cut down) flanking wide segmental arch with banded rustication running back from quoins. Oculus with wreath and swagged overthrow above archway, keyblocked treatment to ground floor openings, 6-bay panelled side elevation.
Interior
Interior of auditorium retains its segmental arched ceiling with ribbed, floriated panels; proscenium arch to N end. Modern inserted floors etc.
Nearby in the register
- Museum Stores, formerly Morfa Copperworks rolling millIndustrialunder 1 mi
- Laboratory Building at Entrance to Former Yorkshire Imperial Metal WorksIndustrialunder 1 mi
- Canteen Building at the Former Yorkshire Imperial MetalworksIndustrialunder 1 mi
- Pier to former waste tip tramroad and adjoining boundary wallIndustrialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.