Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Signal Platform in Bay
Butetown, Cardiff, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 20 August 1992
- Locality
- Inner Harbour Area
- Community
- Butetown
- Unitary authority
- Cardiff
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.46259, -3.16491
- Cadw reference
- 14050
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
In bay, S of Industrial and Maratime Museum, approximately 60 metres from sea wall.
Exterior
One of two late C19 signal platforms of former steam packet harbour. This northern platform on wooden piles, cross-braced, with angles reinforced with metal plates, depth scale, ladder up to decking with iron bollards and railings. Two railway-type signals on lattice girder posts with ladders.
Originally a floating landing stage to the rear of this platform was connected to the quayside by a pivoting bridge, which ran between the wooden dolphins closer to the shore.
Reason for designation
Listed as distinctive maritime structure in bay. Group value.
Nearby in the register
- Signal Platform in BayTransportunder 1 mi
- Sea Wall to East of former Mount Stuart Shiprepair YardDomesticunder 1 mi
- Bute West Dock Basin, including Sea Walls and Catch PitMaritimeunder 1 mi
- One of a Pair of Navigation Lamps to E of Bute West Dock BasinGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.