Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Bar Emporium
Castle, Cardiff, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commercial
- Date of designation
- 19 May 1975
- Community
- Castle
- Unitary authority
- Cardiff
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.47826, -3.17842
- Cadw reference
- 13803
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
Stepped down to R of Royal Hotel. Entrances to St Mary Street, and Westgate Street.
History
Later C19 formerly Lloyds Bank.
Exterior
Narrow building faced with pale ashlar on granite plinth. Round arched style. Parapets to slate hipped roof. St Mary Street front of 3 storeys, 2 bays. Cornice above first floor. Round-headed windows to second and first floors; 2nd floor windows with carved spandrels and keystones; 1st floor windows separated by pilasters. 2-storey bay window to right hand on ground and first floors. To left hand on ground floor, flat headed doorway (architrave in red granite) set in round-headed arch (of grey Bessbrook granite).
Westgate Street front of similar dimensions and material but of 2 storeys and basment only; segmental headed windows to 2nd floor; on first floor, tall round-headed windows flanked by pilasters; at right hand end on first floor, oval lunette above granite doorway with broken segmental pediment.
Reason for designation
Impressive late C19 bank building.
Nearby in the register
- 90 St Mary StreetCommercialunder 1 mi
- 91 St Mary StreetCommercialunder 1 mi
- HullaballoosCommercialunder 1 mi
- Monroe'sCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.