Former Penrhiwceiber Welfare Institute

This is a three-storey hall and institute built in 1913, exhibiting a Renaissance revival style with a distinctive terracotta facade. The building has three bays facing the front and five bays along the side elevation, with a gabled slate roof and rendered side and rear elevations. The windows are square-headed with 12-pane sashes, although the ground-floor windows are now concealed by 1990s security blockings. The terracotta facade is characterised by full-length pilasters at each corner, featuring sunken panels, and the date “1913” at the top. The parapet was rebuilt in the 1950s. Deep moulded string courses visually separate the storeys. The ground floor is rusticated and features a central doorway flanked by two windows, each with prominent keystones linking to a string course above. The doorway has a deep hood supported by acanthus brackets and rusticated pilasters, sheltering recessed paired four-panel doors. The two upper floors each contain three evenly spaced windows; the first-floor windows possess deep moulded surrounds, a continuous sill, and curling brackets supporting cornices. The top-floor windows are camber-headed with simple moulded architraves. Currently unused, the building contains large rooms on each floor, most of the internal fittings having been removed in anticipation of conversion to an alternative use.