Six Bells Miners’ Institute, Arrail Street, Six Bells, Abertillery 16 June 2021
The Six Bells Miners’ Institute was built in 1902 by the owners of the Arrael Griffin Colliery Six Bells, the Lancaster Company, at a cost of £3000.Over the entrance are the the arms of John Lancaster & Co, a griffin, and six bells representing the village, executed in plaster. Ruabon bricks with red Mansfield facings were used for the building.
It ceased to be a miners’ institute in the late 1930s, being registered in 1939 as the Arrail Street Club. The club closed down in the 1989s and has since been converted into self contained social housing flats.
Six Bells Miners’ Institute, Arrail Street, Six Bells, Abertillery 16 June 2021
The Six Bells Miners’ Institute was built in 1902 by the owners of the Arrael Griffin Colliery Six Bells, the Lancaster Company, at a cost of £3000.Over the entrance are the the arms of John Lancaster & Co, a griffin, and six bells representing the village, executed in plaster. Ruabon bricks with red Mansfield facings were used for the building.
It ceased to be a miners’ institute in the late 1930s, being registered in 1939 as the Arrail Street Club. The club closed down in the 1989s and has since been converted into self contained social housing flats.