Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Sea Wall to East of former Mount Stuart Shiprepair Yard
Butetown, Cardiff, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Inner Harbour Area, Butetown, Cardiff, designated on 20 August 1992.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 20 August 1992
- Locality
- Inner Harbour Area
- Community
- Butetown
- Unitary authority
- Cardiff
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.46252, -3.16580
- Cadw reference
- 14049
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
On First Edition OS Map, surveyed 1876-78.
Exterior
Steeply sloping sea wall revetted in coursed squared rubble masonry (grey and brown), courses of varied height. Wall approx 110 m long and up to 20 m wide. Wall runs roughly north-south in curves from near junction of Bute Street and Stuart Street to meet vertical sea wall of Graving Dock No 1 at former Shiprepairing Yard.
Reason for designation
Included as structure defining Cardiff Inner Harbour. Group value.
Nearby in the register
- Mount Stuart Graving Dock No.1Maritimeunder 1 mi
- Signal Platform in BayTransportunder 1 mi
- Signal Platform in BayTransportunder 1 mi
- Railings & Gates behind Scott's Brasserie (Former Pilotage Office)Domesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.