Nantyffyllon Workmen's Institute is a Grade II listed building in the Bridgend local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 14 July 1997. Institute.

Nantyffyllon Workmen's Institute

WRENN ID
muted-stone-dew
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bridgend
Constituency
Aberafan Maesteg MP: Stephen Kinnock (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
14 July 1997
Type
Institute
Address
Nantyffyllon Workmen's Institute, Maesteg
OS grid reference
SS 851 925
Coordinates
51.61986, -3.66021
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Nantyffyllon Workmen's Institute is a building constructed from coursed rock-faced stonework, featuring painted brick quoins and unpainted details. It has a modern slate roof and presents a strictly symmetrical façade with a recessed center of two bays and forward wings, each also consisting of two bays that contain the entrances. The entrances are framed by two identical Tuscan porticos supported by columns, each surrounding a pair of panelled doors. Prominently displayed are six foundation stones, all laid in 1925. At the center of the building, there is a corbelled chimney made of red brick, which has likely been altered at the top, and bears an inscribed panel that reads "NANTYFFYLLON WORKMEN'S INSTITUTE 1926." On either side of the chimney, there are large 12-pane sash windows with stone lintels and labels, as well as stone sills with aprons. The wings feature one similar window in the outer bay, linked by a label string to a smaller paned window above the entrance on each side. The building has two-storey bays at each end, articulated in the same manner. The roof slopes down over the front bays and is hipped over the end bays. The rear and ends of the building are pebbledashed and have two tiers of similar windows.

Inside, a dog-leg stair leads from the entrance lobby in each wing to an upper assembly hall with six bays and a proscenium arch. On the ground floor, there is a dining room that spans five bays.

Local climate

Nantyffyllon Workmen's Institute sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,220 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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