Maesteg Town Hall
Maesteg Town Hall | |
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Native name Neuadd y Dref Maesteg | |
Location | Talbot Street, Maesteg |
Coordinates | 51°36′32″N 3°39′30″W / 51.6090°N 3.6583°W |
Built | 1881 |
Architect | Henry Harris |
Architectural style(s) | Neoclassical style |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
Official name | Town Hall |
Designated | 14 July 1997 |
Reference no. | 18494 |
Maesteg Town Hall (Welsh: Neuadd y Dref Maesteg) is a municipal structure in Talbot Street, Maesteg, Wales. The town hall, which was the headquarters of Masteg Borough Council, is a Grade II listed building.[1]
History
In the 1870s, the
Following significant population growth, largely associated with coal mining, the area became an
The new civic leaders decided to increase the height of the building to four floors in order to accommodate an enlarged covered market and also to provide increased massing to the building which was at the lower end of the Market Square: following completion of the remodelling work, which was carried out in the neoclassical style by S. J. Harper, the building was officially re-opened on 25 November 1914.[3] The new design involved a symmetrical main frontage with five bays facing onto the Market Square; the central bay featured a wide entrance to the new covered market and was flanked by a series of round headed windows.[1] On the upper floors there were a series of sash windows flanked by red brick pilasters supporting a pediment containing the words "Neuadd y Dref" (English: town hall).[1] There was a clock tower with a belfry and a dome at roof level.[1]
Queen Mary attended a social services function at the town hall in April 1938,[2] the actor, Richard Burton, performed as a child at a local eisteddfod in the building in 1939[3] and the contralto singer, Kathleen Ferrier, made an appearance on 13 May 1944.[8] Another visitor was the actor and politician, Arnold Schwarzenegger, who performed at a bodybuilding contest there in 1967.[2]
The building continued to serve as the headquarters of the council for much of the 20th century but ceased to be the local seat of government when the enlarged
References
- ^ National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
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- ^ a b c "Town celebrates Town Hall's history". Wales Online. 14 September 2006. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
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- ^ "Maes Teg UD". Vision of Britain. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
- National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
- ISBN 978-1843830917.
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- ^ "Maesteg Town Hall". Royal Institute of British Architects. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
- ^ "Plans for £6m redevelopment of Maesteg Town Hall unveiled". Wales Online. 28 August 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
- ^ "Last stall leaves 135-year-old indoor Maesteg Market". BBC. 13 April 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
- ^ "Maesteg Town Hall set to open by spring 2022 as renovation continues". Wales Online. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
- ^ Phil Carradice (4 March 2011). "Christopher Williams: local boy makes good". BBC. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
- ^ "Maesteg Town Hall". Art UK. Retrieved 28 June 2021.