Harbour Court

Harbour Court is a Neo-Georgian style building dating from the late 20th century, originally constructed as a magistrates court. The main range is accompanied by advanced end wings, all built of red brick in stretcher bond, indicating double skin construction. Pale stone dressings are used for the plinth and rusticated quoin strips on the wings. The building is topped with hipped tiled roofs with swept eaves, with separate roofs to the main range and each wing.

The front of the main range has seven windows, while each wing has three. Throughout, there are horned multi-pane sash windows with stone sills and flat-gauged brick heads with keystones. The central bay features a doorway and stairlight above, flanked by narrow 4-over-4-pane sash windows, all beneath a raised segmental pediment. The doorcase incorporates tapering pilasters, moulded capitals, and a wide flat cornice, framing double panelled doors with an overlight. A prominent stone tablet above the door reads 'Port Talbot / Magistrates Court.' The round-headed stairlight has a moulded stone surround with large inverted volutes against the jambs, and this is supported by a large fluted and scrolled keystone, which in turn holds a keyed oculus in the pediment, finished with moulded stone drops to the sides. The ground floor windows flanking the central bay are 8-over-8-pane sashes, except for the outer ground floor windows which are paired 4-pane sashes. The front elevations of the wings are symmetrical with 8-over-8-pane sashes flanked by 6-over-6-pane sashes, all window openings featuring aprons.

An additional range is attached to the left-hand side, with a catslide roof and no windows. The north side of the north wing is also three windows wide, featuring 8-over-8-pane sashes; however, the lower storey windows are not aligned with those above. Lower left and central windows incorporate aprons. The rear elevation has been rendered and altered, including a flat-roofed projection behind the main range and a lean-to on the right. The rear features mainly UPVC windows, irregularly spaced. Another bay has been added to the south end, which is similar to the left-hand addition, with a flat-roofed projection to the rear, likely a staircase bay, and irregular window placement.

Internal alterations were made to the building when it was converted into a magistrates court, including the addition of partition walls and the lowering of ceilings. The front entrance hall contains a small stairhall with an open-well staircase to the right, against the front wall. The timber balustrading is composed of a turned baluster between two plain uprights per tread and a moulded handrail.