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The Old Post Office Restaurant

St. Fagans, Cardiff, Wales

A Grade II listed building in St Fagans, Cardiff, designated on 28 January 1963.

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913) covering the location of The Old Post Office Restaurant, St. Fagans, Cardiff, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Designation
Listed building, Grade II
Broad class
Domestic
Date of designation
28 January 1963
Locality
St Fagans
Town
Cardiff
Community
St. Fagans
Unitary authority
Cardiff
Country
Wales
Coordinates
51.48727, -3.26788
Cadw reference
13873

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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)

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Cadw's description

Part of a group of historic buildings in the main street of St Fagans village.

Northern two-storey part with C18 or earlier core; southern single storey part of C19 date; rear additions of the 1990s.

Northern part, elevation to street with cement rendered cladding, slate gabled roof with flanking red brick stacks. Two storeys, four 3-panes wide sash windows on first floor; on ground floor a five panes wide sash window, one with horns, to each side of doorway with stone porch and six-panelled door.
Southern part of one storey. Elevation to the street has slate gabled roof, former doorway converted to a window to left hand and a 3-light stone mullion-and-transom window to the right hand, with wall letter box with GR cipher to the right of this.
Rear elevation with conservatory and other additions of the 1990s as part of its conversion to a restaurant.

Within, hallway with stone flagged floor and archway, and with blocked window opening in north wall. North ground floor room formerly with winding wood stair against north wall, also with ceiling beams; former dairy wing in rear wing to east of hallway; upstairs, roof trusses partly visible.

Included as a part of the important group of historic estate buildings at the centre of St. Fagans village.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Designated Historic Asset GIS Data, The Welsh Historic Environment Service (Cadw), 2026-09-07, licensed under the Open Government Licence http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ Cadw, the Welsh Historic Environment Service · Open Government Licence v3.0
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