Plaza Cinema is a Grade II listed building in the Neath Port Talbot local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 4 August 1999. Cinema. 1 related planning application.

Plaza Cinema

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Neath Port Talbot
Constituency
Aberafan Maesteg MP: Stephen Kinnock (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
4 August 1999
Type
Cinema
Address
Plaza Cinema, SA13 1DH
OS grid reference
SS 768 896
Coordinates
51.59181, -3.77908
Source
Cadw listing

Also on this page: sale history · EPC · related consents · flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

The Plaza Cinema is a modernist building displaying Art Deco influences, likely dating to the 20th century. The front elevation is faced in cream faience tiling, with a band of eau-de-nil colour; decorative leadwork scallops sit below the parapet, and there are black-painted tiles beneath the canopy. A projecting central block features a partially obscured tripartite window with metal glazing bars, and projecting turrets flank the ends. The right-hand side elevation has two broad windows on two levels, with visible metal glazing bars, while the left-hand side elevation has three upper-level windows and a broad window below. The side walls, which screen the body of the cinema, are also faced in faience. The original full-width canopy remains, although the entrance doors have been boarded over, with doors and semi-circular, convex shopfronts on either side. The side elevations are plain roughcast, with tall ribs and small, infilled windows. A large lean-to structure extends to the rear.

Inside, the outer doors open into a lobby with terrazzo steps that feature the inscription "Plaza." These steps lead to a central group of three sets of doors with horizontal glazed panels, long brass handles, and glazing above, with a similar single set of doors to each side. The foyer has cornices with Art Deco decoration and cream and eau-de-nil floor tiles. Staircases are located on either side, and there is a ticket booth near the auditorium entrance. The auditorium has a ceiling with square panels, some of which have ventilator grilles, and some original lamps. A moulded cornice runs along the room, and the proscenium surround to the stage and screen area is also moulded. The balcony area retains its original seating, though the seating in the stalls has been removed.

Local climate

Plaza Cinema sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,260 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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  • Sale history — 5 transactions since 1997
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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