Abercwmboi Workmen's Hall and Institute is a Grade II listed building in the Rhondda Cynon Taf local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 29 November 2002. Hall, institute.
Abercwmboi Workmen's Hall and Institute
- WRENN ID
- plain-pedestal-woodpecker
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rhondda Cynon Taf
- Constituency
- Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare MP: Gerald Jones (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 29 November 2002
- Type
- Hall, institute
- Address
- Abercwmboi Workmen's Hall and Institute, Aberdare, Aberaman, Rhondda Cynon Taff
- OS grid reference
- ST 027 998
- Coordinates
- 51.68901, -3.40805
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Abercwmboi Workmen's Hall and Institute is a two-storey building featuring a hall and an attached institute wing at a lower level. It is constructed from stone rubble that is coursed and rock-faced at the front, with ashlar dressings, while the right side is rendered. The roof is made of machine tiles and includes a ventilator and moulded ashlar coping.
The gable-end facade of the hall showcases a central tripartite Venetian-style window with a keystone and a continuous corniced hood, which opens onto a balcony. This balcony is supported by a projecting channelled double doorway that has an inscription above and part-glazed swing doors. The side bays are slightly advanced and marked by decoratively spaced ashlar quoins. The first floor features oculi, while the ground floor has small rectangular lobby windows with corniced hoods below. There are no windows on the right side, while the left side has windows with brick surrounds across two storeys, most of which have replaced glazing except for one original 6-pane sash.
At a lower level, accessible by a flight of steps down the slope, is the former Institute. It retains its main doorway, which has a deep round-arched hood supported by giant consoles on pilasters, featuring an inscription in the tympanum. There is a tall tripartite window similar to that on the hall's gable end, but with a moulded render surround. Other windows in the Institute are rectangular and paired, all with replaced glazing.
Inside, the entrance lobby has a boarded dado and stairs leading to the upper level on each side. These stairs feature decorative tripartite metal balusters and a moulded ramped handrail. The Institute, entered at the lower level, includes a suite of rooms such as a billiard hall and a former library, which has been converted into a bar lounge.
Local climate
Abercwmboi Workmen's Hall and Institute sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,210 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 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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