Central Wesleyan Hall Tonypandy

The building comprised a main hall capable of seating 1,000 people with a choir platform for 100 choristers, and a lesser hall with a capacity for 400 people. It also included a “primary department” with accommodation for 150 children and five or six classrooms, as well as a games room with two billiard tables, a library and reading-room. The Methodist Central Hall dominated the lower end of Tonypandy for over sixty years from its opening in 1923 until its closure in 1980 and demolition in 1985.  Joseph Rank of Hull, donated £10,000 to the building fund.

Reference           Glamorgan Free Press and Rhondda Leader 29 June 1923 – opening