Mount Pleasant Baptist Church Hall is a Grade II* listed building in the Swansea local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 30 March 1987. A Modern Church hall.
Mount Pleasant Baptist Church Hall
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Swansea
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 30 March 1987
- Type
- Church hall
- Period
- Modern
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Mount Pleasant Baptist Church Hall is a striking building featuring a five-bay front made of Bath stone, adorned with a tetrastyle Corinthian portico and an oculus with vermiculated keystones in the pediment. The hall has a modern pantile roof and balustraded parapets over the side bays, which are supported by Corinthian pilasters. The first floor has arched windows, with the center window being blind, and all windows feature keyblocked architraves with imposts, balustered aprons, and marginal glazing bars. The ground floor openings are similarly styled, showcasing acanthus keyblocks, foliage trail spandrels, and vermiculated blocks on the jambs, along with three-panel double doors. A central scalloped niche is also present. A wide flight of steps leads up from a paved area behind modern railings and piers. The one-bay returns are designed in a similar style, while the rest of the side elevations are rendered and include tall round-headed windows with arched tracery. The right-hand elevation features Corinthian pilasters and moulded eaves.
To the left, there is a school-room block set back, which has a two-storey rendered gable with Corinthian pilasters and an oculus above three arched windows on each storey. To the right, there is another block set back, which has a two-storey and attic pedimented front, Corinthian corner pilasters, and three lights in echelon over four arched windows per storey, complete with cill and impost bands. An arched doorcase is located on the ground floor to the right. The building has a six-bay flank elevation facing Dynevor Place and a pedimented rear that matches the front.
Inside, the hall features a long rectangular space with a flat ceiling, decorated with three roses featuring plasterwork foliage and a moulded cornice. There is a three-sided gallery front with a triglyph frieze and panels above the cornice, supported by cast-iron columns. The organ recess at the inner end has a Venetian window treatment above a Gothic pulpit, which is complemented by twin decorative ironwork handrails. The organ was installed in 1905.
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