Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Coptic House
Butetown, Cardiff, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Butetown, Cardiff, designated on 19 May 1975.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commercial
- Date of designation
- 19 May 1975
- Community
- Butetown
- Unitary authority
- Cardiff
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.46532, -3.16747
- Cadw reference
- 13992
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
Set into a line of commercial properties midway along this side of the square; opposite the former Coal Exchange.
History
Dated 1910 in centre of parapet. By Ivor Jones, architect, of Cardiff.
Exterior
Portland stone front of three storeys, five bays. Ends with giant banded pilaster strips. Parapet with date '1910' in laurel garland on stepped central pediment. Modillion cornice. Square headed windows on first and second floors , those on second floor with moulded surrounds with broad keystones above and sills supported on lion-headed brackets. First floor windows with cornices with recessed central sections, and banded surrounds which continue between windows. On ground floor, banded rustication, cornice supported by large volute brackets. Central rectangular entrance doorway, with very large volute keystone, flanked by modern inserted shopfronts each between engaged banded quarter columns with small Roman Doric capitals.
Reason for designation
Listed for group value with neighbouring buildings in Mount Stuart Square Conservation Area.
Nearby in the register
- 6 Mount Stuart SquareCommercialunder 1 mi
- Phoenix BuildingsCommercialunder 1 mi
- 7 Mount Stuart SquareCommercialunder 1 mi
- 8 Mount Stuart SquareCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.