The Town Hall is a Grade II* listed building in the Vale of Glamorgan local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 5 December 1963. Town hall.
The Town Hall
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 5 December 1963
- Type
- Town hall
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Town Hall is a two-storey building featuring a front wing with a five-bay elevation made of ashlar stone, topped with a slate hipped roof and plain eaves. The central three bays project slightly forward and contain three tall semi-circular recesses that house round-headed windows with glazing bars. The left flanking bay has a single tall window, while the right flanking bay features a sash window with radiating tracery both above and below. The central bay includes a short sash window situated above a pair of central panelled doors set in a square-headed opening with a pedimented doorcase. Each end bay has a circular window with tracery on the upper level, above plain round-headed door openings with blocked tympanums and panelled doors.
At the rear, there is a taller block that runs at right angles to the front wing, which includes a square ashlar clock tower adorned with pilasters and a fluted frieze at the front. The tower is topped with a square bellcote featuring a cupola and a weathervane. The front clock face bears the inscription: "This clock was presented to the Town by/The Right Rev Edward Coplestone DD Bishop of Llandaff/1836". There are late 19th-century lean-to wings attached to the longer sides of this higher rear wing, which have elliptical arched windows that were once doorways. Additionally, there are lower rear gabled cross wings, with the southwest cross wing displaying an inscription related to its restoration and enlargement in 1895.
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