4-8 Church Street is a Grade II listed building in the Rhondda Cynon Taf local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 17 July 1990. Milepost.
4-8 Church Street
- WRENN ID
- odd-slate-starling
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rhondda Cynon Taf
- Constituency
- Pontypridd MP: Alex Davies-Jones (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 17 July 1990
- Type
- Milepost
- Address
- 4-8 Church Street, Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taff, CF37 2TH
- OS grid reference
- ST 072 900
- Coordinates
- 51.60197, -3.3412
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
4-8 Church Street is a three-storey building with four bays, where the right-hand bay is narrower, constructed on a steel frame. The middle and upper storeys, numbered 4 to 8, are faced with stone. The roof is hidden behind a parapet that features a moulded cornice. The upper storeys are divided by giant order pilasters topped with Greek key capitals, while the middle storey windows have pilasters with fluted capitals. Between the middle and upper storeys, there are panelled aprons, with a prominent roundel in the central panel of each bay. Each bay contains three windows with margin-lit metal-frame glazing, although some have had their glazing bars removed. The windows on the middle storey are taller than those above. A deep stone cornice, partially covered by modern fascia, sits above the lower storey.
The lower storey, which includes Nos 7, 8, 9, and 10, features polished end pilasters and central square piers that frame a broad passageway, which has an added gate leading to the deeply recessed entrance for the offices above. This passageway boasts a panelled ceiling and a mosaic floor.
No 7, known as The Hair Center, has a modern shop front. Nos 8, 9, and 10 retain their original glazing, including cross-pattern clerestorey bands beneath the fascias. The shop at No 10 has double glazed doors with diagonal brass handles and is recessed with a mosaic floor. Nos 8 and 9, located to the right and left of the centre, have splayed corners leading into the passage. No 8, Davies & Son, has its doorway set into the splay, featuring a half-glazed door with margin lights and a diagonal brass handle. The shop at No 9 has its own recessed doorway with similar detailing.
Some original windows remain on the simpler stepped rear of the building.
Local climate
4-8 Church Street sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,120 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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