Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Signal Platform in Bay
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
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 20 August 1992
- Locality
- Inner Harbour Area
- Community
- Butetown
- Unitary authority
- Cardiff
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.46217, -3.16504
- Cadw reference
- 14051
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
In bay, S of Industrial and Maritime Museum, approximately 100 metres from sea wall.
Exterior
One of two late C19 signal platforms of former steam packet harbour. This southern platform similar to northern but slightly smaller, on wooden piles, cross-braced with angles reinforced with metal plates; decking with iron bollards and railings. Two railway-type signals on slim solid posts with pinnacles, and 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 distictive 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
- Mount Stuart Graving Dock No.1Maritimeunder 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.