An historic former South Wales police station dating from the nineteenth century sold at auction for £98,000
Former Tonypandy Police Station on Dunraven Street and comes complete with cells was listed with a guide price of £90,000 and sold by South Wales-based Paul Fosh Auctions.
A date carved into the front of the Rhondda Valley building, 1876, shows the former police station was operating at the time of the ‘Tonypandy Riots' of 1910. At that time local and drafted in police together with troops called up by Winston Churchill, clashed with miners in a bitter dispute over mine workers wages.
Debra Bisley, of Paul Fosh Auctions, said:
“The property consists of a two storey former Police Station constructed of a stone build under a pitched slate covered roof.
“Internally, the building provides a mixture of offices, mess room, kitchens and other ancillary areas as to be expected within a police station including cells, which are all configured over two floors.
“Access to the building is elevated above Dunraven Street to the front and is accessed via a stone stairway.
“The current condition of the building, which occupies a prominent position on Dunraven Street, in Tonypandy town centre and which has not been an active Police Station for some time, reflects its inactivity and vacancy.
“In the immediate proximity is a mixture of retail and commercial premises which includes notable national retailer occupiers such as Home Bargains, Dominos and Iceland.
“Tonypandy is a thriving South Wales Valleys town, located within Rhondda Cynon Taff, which is situated approximately 20 miles to the North of Cardiff. The town has an established road network linking South to the M4 along A4119 and A4058 onto A470. Major employers in the town include Leekes.
“The property was sold with vacant possession.”
