Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Former Welsh Presbyterian Chapel
Castle, Cardiff, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Religious, Ritual and Funerary
- Date of designation
- 19 May 1975
- Community
- Castle
- Unitary authority
- Cardiff
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.48043, -3.17187
- Cadw reference
- 13676
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Near corner with Bridge Street.
History
1877; designed by Henry C Harris as Welsh Calvinistic Methodist chapel. Early French Gothic style showing influence of Burges. Converted to use as architects' offices by Wigley Fox Partnership, early 1980s.
Exterior
Former chapel over lower hall. Early French Gothic style. T-shaped plan with vestibules and staircases in angles between arms of "T". Dark rock-faced stone with pale ashlar dressings. Each wing of "T" gabled wing to street flanked by angle buttresses of dark faceted stone with ashlar dressings which in upper stages rise to form octagonal buttresses with pinnacles. In apex of gable, plain triple opening; below; 2 large windows of 3-lights with hexafoils over; group of 4 windows below this. Lateral lights of steps lead up to entrances to vestibules and staircase towers which have rounded ends with stepped small lancet windows to street with continuous glazed panel, transomed and mullioned above and peaked slate roof. Side windows (not meant to be easily visible) have red brick dressings.
Interior
Interior converted to use as architects' offices. Red brick walls and cream and black diaper work; timber roofs.
Reason for designation
As one of the best Welsh language chapels built in the Gothic style.
Nearby in the register
- Masonic TempleReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- 52-62 Charles StreetCommercialunder 1 mi
- 50 Charles StreetCommercialunder 1 mi
- Caffe LatteCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.