IHBC Annual School - Swansea 2023
Climate Change and the Historic Environment
Resilience and Performance
21-24 June 2023
Registration and tour start location:
University of Wales Trinity Saint David (UWTSD), IQ Campus, Waterfront, Swansea, SA1 8EW
Please see individual tours for start and finish venues.
Please ensure you register your vehicle at the parking terminals to receive free parking for the duration of your stay. Failure to do so may result in a Parking Charge or please use the QR code to validate your parking
Please note:
Depart: 09:30
Return: 16:30 with drop off before 16:30 at Swansea station
(a packed lunch will be provided)
Maesteg, Bridgend & Porthcawl
Maesteg Town Hall
The building of Maesteg Town Hall was financed by public subscription with the local member of parliament, C. R. M. Talbot, contributing £500 and local miners donating a day's wages. It was designed by Henry Harris of Cardiff in the Queen Anne Revival style, built by G. Thomas & Sons in rubble masonry at a cost of £3,000 and was officially opened on 22 October 1881.
Following significant population growth, largely associated with coal mining, the area became an urban district with the town hall as its headquarters in 1894. The new civic leaders decided to increase the height of the building to four floors in order to accommodate an enlarged covered market. The re-modelling was carried out in neoclassical style by S. J. Harper in 1914.
The building continued to serve as the headquarters of the council for much of the 20th century but ceased to be the local seat of government when the enlarged Ogwr Borough Council was formed at Bridgend in 1974. In 2016 the council announced plans to refurbish the building and, based on a design by Purcell Architecture, to convert it into a community hub. An extensive programme of refurbishment works, which included the construction of a glass atrium and an extension, commenced in March 2020.
Bridgend & Elder Yard
Walking tour of Bridgend and its Townscape Heritage Initiative the previously derelict site is the oldest part of Bridgend Town Centre and has been renovated to provide restaurant space and elegant public space and pedestrian links.
The Grand Pavilion
Porthcawl’s Grade II seafront theatre has been awarded £18 Levelling Up Funding from the UK Government, as a result of Bridgend County Borough Council, working in close partnership with Awen Cultural Trust. The funding will be used to address the condition of its concrete structure.
Tour leader
Moira Lucas
Resources
Maesteg
https://www.visitbridgend.co.uk/market-town/maesteg
https://www.bridgend.gov.uk/news/progress-continues-on-multi-million-pound-redevelopment-of-maesteg-town-hall/
https://www.purcelluk.com/projects/maesteg-town-hall-1/
https://awenboxoffice.com/maesteg-town-hall/redevelopment
Bridgend
https://www.bridgend.gov.uk/media/1251/reg9-4.pdf
https://www.bridgend.gov.uk/media/3b0fvv42/bridgend-town-centre-masterplan.pdf
Porthcawl pavilion and harbour walls
https://www.awen-wales.com/2023/01/19/18m-levelling-up-funding-for-the-grand-pavilion/
https://www.awen-wales.com/our-future/
https://www.bridgend.gov.uk/media/1131/porthcawl-development-framework.pdf
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/work-transform-neglected-corner-porthcawl-24396412
Depart: 09:30
Return: 12:30
Swansea Maritime quarter is the former Swansea south dock which underwent significant brownfield development from the 1980’s onwards. It houses a mix of modern development, including much sensitive or even adventurous re-use of historic buildings. The redevelopment has included a mixture of housing and there is a significant proportion of social housing.
As well as housing the area includes
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