Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
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Butetown, Cardiff, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Butetown, Cardiff, designated on 27 June 1991.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commercial
- Date of designation
- 27 June 1991
- Community
- Butetown
- Unitary authority
- Cardiff
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.46646, -3.16670
- Cadw reference
- 14022
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
History
Part of a development which includes 33-37 West Bute Street and 126-132 Bute Street dating from 1850-1851; and once known as Britannia Buildings. Contractors were Hemingway and Pearson, involved in building Britannia Bridge over Menai Strait, and Bute East Dock. Formerly two houses now single business premises with alterations of early C20.
Exterior
Stucco front with alterations in Portland Stone. Three storeys, four window bays. Projecting cornice with parapet. End pilasters with Baroque style capitals with hanging swags. Second floor squarish windows with small pane horned sashes, architraves with keystones and aprons below sills. First floor windows with horned small pane sashes, and architraves with large keystone which project upwards into very steeply pitched triangular pediments. Blocking course at sill level. On Ground floor, early C20 commercial front faced in Portland stone. Six bays on plinth. Pilasters with sunk panels support plain entablature. Fourth bay from L has deeply set doorway with segmental baroque style canopy on brackets. Windows boarded up at time of inspection (autumn 1997).
Reason for designation
Listed as part of an early terrace on important site in Butetown and for group value with listed buildings opposite.
Nearby in the register
- 33 West Bute StreetCommercialunder 1 mi
- 36 & 37Commercialunder 1 mi
- Pillar Box Outside Royal Bank of ScotlandCommunicationsunder 1 mi
- Royal Bank of ScotlandCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.