Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
One of a Pair of Navigation Lamps to E of Bute West Dock Basin
Butetown, Cardiff, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces
- Date of designation
- 20 August 1992
- Locality
- Inner Harbour Area
- Community
- Butetown
- Unitary authority
- Cardiff
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.46328, -3.16390
- Cadw reference
- 14053
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
Between Bute West Dock entrance and Pier Head Building.
Exterior
Pair of navigation lights which aided entry to dock basin. South lamp cast-iron with fluted plinth in form of bound bundle of sticks and tulip-like base to tapering shaft, and cross bar. Shaft supports ship's lamp with red lens facing S.
North lamp identical except raised c. 60cm on extra plinth so that craft in the bay could align lamps to give course for dock.
Reason for designation
Unusual maritime structure and for group value.
Nearby in the register
- One of a Pair of Navigation Lamps to E of Bute West Dock BasinGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
- Bute West Dock Basin, including Sea Walls and Catch PitMaritimeunder 1 mi
- Pier Head BuildingMaritimeunder 1 mi
- Sea Wall and Lock of Bute East Dock BasinMaritimeunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.