Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Pillar Box Outside Cambrian Buildings.
Butetown, Cardiff, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Butetown, Cardiff, designated on 20 August 1992.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Communications
- Date of designation
- 20 August 1992
- Community
- Butetown
- Unitary authority
- Cardiff
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.46563, -3.16683
- Cadw reference
- 14013
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
Outside Cambrian Buildings.
Exterior
Early C20 cylindrical cast iron pillar box of standard design. Fluted rim to shallow domed cap. Door with monogram "E VII R". Manufacturers name on plinth,
"McDowall Steven & Co Ltd, London & Glasgow".
Reason for designation
Included for group value with surrounding listed buildings in the Mount Stuart Square Conservation Area.
Nearby in the register
- Cambrian BuildingsCommercialunder 1 mi
- The Point (Formerly St Stephen's Church)Recreationalunder 1 mi
- The Jug & Platter (Formerly The Bute Dock)Commercialunder 1 mi
- National Westminster BankCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.