Institute given to the town by David Davies MP, of Llandinam, in 1924. The site was given by Nicholas Fairles Humphreys and the building was designed by Ridge & Haynes of Oswestry, costing about £4,000. A timber-framed wheelwright's shop was on the site previously. The building plans show that it included public baths, a library and newsroom, committee rooms, refreshment room, lock-up shop, billiard room, temperance bar, and caretaker's accommodation. Old photographs show the oak windows painted white. Still in use as library and meeting room.
It is painted roughcast on a dark brick plinth, with slate eaves roof, yellow terracotta half-round ridge tiles, and oak bargeboards. Two storeys with a wide projecting gable to the right and a single-storey projection in its angle with the main range to the left. The gable has a roundel plaque with crossed keys on shield. There is a ground floor projection (originally with a timber balcony). The ground floor of the gabled bay is timbered with moulded cornice and entablature over three cambered headed openings, the middle one broad with a big 35-pane fixed window, between Tudor-arched entries to deeply recessed Tudor-headed doors. There are stone setts in the front.
Reference: Cadw listed building description.
RCAHMW, 2023.