Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Great Western Chambers
Neath, Neath Port Talbot, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Neath, Neath Port Talbot, designated on 5 January 1989.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commercial
- Date of designation
- 5 January 1989
- Community
- Neath
- Unitary authority
- Neath Port Talbot
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.66436, -3.80624
- Cadw reference
- 11772
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1637 · The fourth table of England. Cornub. Devonia, Somerset etc. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1865 · England and Wales. England No. 6. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Sheet 10. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. . (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1897 · 247 Swansea (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
On the street line at the confluence of Croft Road and Angel Street with Bridge Street.
Exterior
Early-mid C19. 3 storey, 3 window, whitewashed roughcast, plaster plinth. Hipped slate roof, boarded eaves brick end stacks.
Shallow upper-sashes to 12 pane second floor windows, plain reveals, stone sills continuous sillband. Eight small panes to upper sash of first floor windows, glazing bars removed to lower sashes, continuous sillband. Late C19 canted oriel window centre, fishscale slate roof, cambered heads to sash windows, ogee bracket. Ground floor windows larger but similar to first floor.
Central round arched recessed doorway. Classical doorcase, dentilled open pediment, torus moulded pilasters, fluted capitals. Panelled door, segmental fanlight.
A symmetric 2 window elevation to E. Similar fenestration to front, first floor windows offset to left. Blocked central doorway to ground floor. Sill bands, plinth.
Two , 2 light casement windows to first floor of W end elevation.
Modern fenestration to second floor at rear. Twelve pane sash window and 30 pane sash stair window to first floor. Twelve pane sash to ground floor, other modern cut doors and windows.
Nearby in the register
- Old Town HallCivilunder 1 mi
- Barclay's BankCommercialunder 1 mi
- 7 New StreetCommercialunder 1 mi
- 6 New StreetCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.