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Maesteg Town Hall

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in 1974. In 2016 the council announced plans to refurbish the building and, based on a design by Purcell Architecture, to convert it into a community hub at a cost of £6 million. Once the last of the market traders had left the market hall in April 2018, an extensive programme of refurbishment works,
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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
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by S. J. Harper, the building was officially re-opened on 25 November 1914. 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. On the
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with the town hall as its headquarters in 1894. A lamp and fountain to commemorate the life of the local doctor and benefactor, William Hopkin Thomas, was designed by W. H. Rees and unveiled outside the town hall in 1900. The
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which included the construction of a new glass atrium and an extension to accommodate a new café, commenced in March 2020. Works of art in the town hall include seven paintings by the local artist,
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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
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supporting a pediment containing the words "Neuadd y Dref" (English: town hall). There was a clock tower with a belfry and a dome at roof level.
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Following significant population growth, largely associated with coal mining, the area became an
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decided to procure a purpose-built municipal building for the town: the building was financed by
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attended a social services function at the town hall in April 1938, the actor,
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Letters and Diaries of Kathleen Ferrier: Revised and Enlarged Edition
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at a cost of £3,000 and was officially opened by the chairman of the
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at roof level. Internally, the principal room was the main hall.
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The town hall as it appeared in the early 20th century
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Maesteg
51°36′32″N 3°39′30″W / 51.6090°N 3.6583°W / 51.6090; -3.6583
Neoclassical style
Listed Building
Maesteg Town Hall is located in Bridgend
Welsh
Maesteg
listed building

local board of health
public subscription
member of parliament
C. R. M. Talbot
Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan
Cardiff
Queen Anne Revival style
rubble masonry
Llynvi, Tondu and Ogmore Coal and Iron Company
canted
bay window
pediment
belfry
dome
urban district
suffragette
Emmeline Pankhurst
neoclassical style
sash windows
pilasters

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