Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
University Of Wales Registry, including forecourt walls and Dragon posts
Castle, Cardiff, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Castle, Cardiff, designated on 25 January 1966.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Education
- Date of designation
- 25 January 1966
- Community
- Castle
- Unitary authority
- Cardiff
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.48548, -3.18126
- Cadw reference
- 13737
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)
- 1865 · England and Wales. England No. 6. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1895 · Sheet 11. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (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
Between Police HQ Building, and Former Glamorgan County Hall.
History
1903-1904. By H W Wills & Anderson. Extended to rear, 1933 by T Alwyn Lloyd, architect. Welsh dragons to posts at front by Goscombe John
Exterior
Portland Stone in classical style; small-pane glazing, sashes to main floor. Single storey plus basement and attic. Central (recessed) entrance block with coupled Ionic columns with segmental pediment with one window either side; cartouches at attic level. To either side of central block a wing of three bays; rectangular windows with moulded architraves; above cornice, attic has bull's eye windows. Basment has horizontal rustication and segmental headed windows. Flight of steps to centre entrance. Returns of 3 windows. To rear, 2-storey extension in rock-faced Pennant stone. Three bays of 3 windows (12-pane sash glazing); Portland stone architraves, cornices, pilasters.
In front of entrance, forecourt with, at each end, 3 small stone obelisks on ashlar plinths. To front of forecourt, row of 10 iron posts with dragon finials by Goscombe John.
Interior
Rear of entrance hall opened up with 2 Doric columns, and corridor curves round U-plan courtyard. Courtyard elevations as walls of extension; niche in end wall; steps down to garden.
Reason for designation
Attractive classical building, amongst earliest of buildings in Cathays Park.
Group value with other listed buildings in Cathays Park.
Nearby in the register
- Former Glamorgan County HallCivilunder 1 mi
- Law CourtsCivilunder 1 mi
- Welsh National War MemorialCommemorativeunder 1 mi
- Pair of Obelisk Lamp Stands to W of City HallCivilunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.