Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
2 High Street
Llandaff, Cardiff, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Llandaff, Cardiff, designated on 19 May 1975.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commercial
- Date of designation
- 19 May 1975
- Locality
- Llandaff
- Town
- Cardiff
- Community
- Llandaff
- Unitary authority
- Cardiff
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.49476, -3.21833
- Cadw reference
- 13733
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1637 · The fourth table of England. Cornub. Devonia, Somerset etc. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1865 · England and Wales. England No. 6. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 263 Cardiff (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1913 · Sheet 110. Cardiff & Mouth of the Severn. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Part of the group of important buildings at the south-west entrance to The Cathedral Green.
History
Built together with No 4 (qv) in c1863 as a home and premises for Mr. Seaborn the butcher. Possibly designed by John Prichard.
Exterior
The right-hand part of a two storey splayed street front with two bays facing north-east (No. 2) and two bays facing south-east (No. 4 qv). Built of polychromatic stone rubble and Bath stone ashlar quoins and dressings; carved ashlar brackets to eaves, Welsh slate roof, with chimney stacks set low on the rear slope, cylindrical terracotta pots. Trefoil headed window to each bay on first floor; pointed doorways and flat headed windows on ground floor. The two bays of No. 2 have on the ground floor a flat-headed window in the right hand bay and in left hand bay a large 4-light window with columns and pillar separating lights and with pointed doorway to right of it; multi-pane windows under double relieving arch. Rear elevation not seen.
Interior
Interior not inspected at resurvey.
Reason for designation
Included as a possible design by John Prichard and for its group value with the other listed buildings around The Cathedral Green and on the High Street.
Nearby in the register
- 1 The Cathedral GreenDomesticunder 1 mi
- 4 High StreetCommercialunder 1 mi
- 3 The Cathedral GreenDomesticunder 1 mi
- Garden Walls to White House CottageDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.