Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Outbuilding to rear at south-west end of The Quarry House P H
Fairwater, Cardiff, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 19 May 1975
- Locality
- Fairwater
- Town
- Cardiff
- Community
- Fairwater
- Unitary authority
- Cardiff
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.49078, -3.24912
- Cadw reference
- 13789
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
Immediately to the west of The Quarry PH.
History
Built as the garage and chaffeur's house to 'The Quarry' in 1921 (rainwaterhead-not seen) for Mr Roger Price by Percy Thomas of Ivor Jones and Percy Thomas. In 1975 it was a betting shop and in 2002 is in domestic use.
Exterior
This house is built of the same local lias limestone with Bath stone dressings and a Westmorland slate roof as The Quarry House PH. It is of two storeys with a gabled roof; ashlar stacks. A single dripstone extends across the ground floor with, beneath it, from south-west to north-east (left to right), a single light window, two doorways with moulded heads, two 2-light windows and a doorway with moulded head; at north-east end, paired timber garage doors. On the first floor, from left to right, two 3-light mullioned windows with small panes and, at north-east end, gable with two similar 3-light windows. Steeply pitched roof with two ridge stacks. External staircase at either end to the first floor accommodation, that on the left gable with its door altered to a modern window. Rear elevation not seen at resurvey.
Interior
Interior not seen at resurvey.
Reason for designation
Included for group value with The Quarry House PH.
Nearby in the register
- The Quarry House P HDomesticunder 1 mi
- Ty BronnaHealth and Welfareunder 1 mi
- Former Stables at Ty BronnaDomesticunder 1 mi
- Signpost at junction with Fairwater RoadTransportunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.