Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Blackweir Farmhouse
Castle, Cardiff, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Castle, Cardiff, designated on 19 May 1975.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Health and Welfare
- Date of designation
- 19 May 1975
- Community
- Castle
- Unitary authority
- Cardiff
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.49096, -3.18870
- Cadw reference
- 13765
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
To W of, and below car park opposite Nazareth House; near footbridge over dock feeder, to S of ambulance Station.
History
Farmhouse of circa 1860.
Exterior
Two storey farmhouse with Gothic details. Walls faced with brown rubble stone with ashlar banding; slate roof; red brick chimneys. North front of 2 window bays with centre doorway. On first floor, two gabled dormers with decorative bargeboards; 2-light casements. On ground floor, a transomed and mullioned window to either side of centre gabled porch; porch with bargeboard; 4-centred doorway. Single storey lean-to to R. Side elevation has gabled end of front block with decorative bargeboards, 2-light casement window to first floor, ground floor has 3-light mullion and transom window. To R, in rear wing, gabled dormer with decorative bargeboards and 2-light casement: mullion and transom window to ground floor. In angle between blocks, single storey porch with Gothic window, Gothic doorway to side.
Reason for designation
Well-preserved mid C19 farmhouse.
Nearby in the register
- Nazareth House, including Roman Catholic ChurchReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Rosemount Funeral HomeReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Aberdare Hall including attached NE wing at rearDomesticunder 1 mi
- Colonnade and gateways at S end of Queen Anne SquareGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.