Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Masonic Temple
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
- Institutional
- Date of designation
- 5 January 1989
- Community
- Neath
- Unitary authority
- Neath Port Talbot
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.66190, -3.80396
- Cadw reference
- 11821
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 midway along.
Exterior
1848. Unusual 2 storey 5 bay facade of classical derivation. Snecked masonry, regular stressed quoins, plinth. Colourwashed ashlar dressings. Stylised entablature with modillion-like band. Central shaped gablet with returned round arched hoodmould over medallion bearing oculus motif.
Outer bays advanced slightly. Recessed tall round arches to central bays, ashlar keystones and impost blocks. Centre bay flanked by ashlar pilasters rising to Ionic derived capitals under gablet. Medallions inset under arches with detached scrolls beneath bearing lettering including ERECTED AD 1848. Masonic motifs of spheres and calipers to medallions.
Cambered stone lintels with stressed keystones across recessed arches to ground floor. Walls ramped inwards underneath.
Recessed doorway to right hand archway only.
Nearby in the register
- D S MorganCommercialunder 1 mi
- Pedestal & Bronze Statue of Howell GwynCommemorativeunder 1 mi
- Gwyn HallRecreationalunder 1 mi
- Constitutional ClubRecreationalunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.