Former Co-operative Wholesale Society Building is a Grade II listed building in the Bridgend local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 28 July 1997. Commercial building.
Former Co-operative Wholesale Society Building
- WRENN ID
- fossil-oriel-finch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bridgend
- Constituency
- Rhondda and Ogmore MP: Chris Bryant (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 28 July 1997
- Type
- Commercial building
- Address
- Former Co-operative Wholesale Society Building, 90 High Street, Ogmore Vale, Ogmore Valley
- OS grid reference
- SS 933 900
- Coordinates
- 51.59903, -3.54119
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Former Co-operative Wholesale Society Building is a three-storey structure built from coursed rock-faced stone with a slate roof. The street-facing elevation features four bays, with the two central bays showcasing plate glass windows on the first floor, separated by a wooden Ionic pilaster. The upper sections of these windows are adorned with coloured glass in leaded lights, each featuring a circular pivot-hung vent at the center. Above the windows, a fascia displays the words "DRAPERY AND MILLINERY" in Arts and Crafts lettering against a roughened background, complemented by a dentilled cornice. The top floor includes two simple rectangular openings and projecting eaves. The two narrower end bays are flanked by pilasters and extend above the eaves to form a small gable. The first floor windows in these bays are similar, but the attic floor features a circular window with an aproned architrave and an exaggerated keystone. On the ground floor, the elevation has channel rusticated piers, with the left bay originally having a segmental arched opening that is now blocked. It is noted that the ground floor elevation of the three southern bays has been altered.
Local climate
Former Co-operative Wholesale Society Building sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,180 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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