Aberdare Carpet Company

The Aberdare Carpet Company building is a three-storey structure with classical details, located at a corner site. The main block is almost symmetrical and features a three-bay arrangement on each side, with two-storey ranges flanking it. The High Street side has a three-bay and two-bay configuration, while the Canon Street side has a three-bay, two-bay, and two-bay arrangement. The building is topped with slate roofs that have tiled cresting.

A striking feature of the design is the steeply pitched roof in the French chateau style, which is adorned with an ironwork crown and a decorative acanthus-derived panelled band at the base. Each three-bay section is highlighted by advanced pilaster strips that rise from the ground floor entablature. The ground floor showcases full pilasters with intricate detailing. The main part of the building has a deep parapet that was originally stone balustraded and featured a clock in a pediment form. The second floor has moulded architraves, while the first floor is supported by scrolled and lion's head carved brackets that carry a segmental cornice with brackets leading to 'detached' pediments.

The central first floor window above the entrance is tripartite and features scrolled detail beneath a pediment, with a lettered panel above it. This window appears to have once had a balcony. The ground floor includes semi-circular headed openings and similarly arched recesses with fluted keystones. An impost band with studded ornament runs across the façade, and the lower parts of the pilasters flanking each section are fluted. Modern panelled central doors are located between panelled pilasters, with the original doors set further back, as seen in the right-hand entrance, which is now partly blocked. All windows have been replaced with modern top-hung casements.

The ground floor entablature extends across the first three-window sections of the lower side ranges, which feature similar windows without pediments. The round arched openings below include three on the High Street side and two on the Canon Street side, the latter of which have been altered for 'Deckers'. The two bays beyond this on Canon Street have modern shop fronts, while the equivalent section on High Street has a door and window. The rear of the building has a lower hipped section with tall round chapel-like arches.