Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Sea Wall and Lock of Bute East Dock Basin
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
- Maritime
- Date of designation
- 20 August 1992
- Locality
- Inner Harbour Area
- Community
- Butetown
- Unitary authority
- Cardiff
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.46310, -3.16285
- Cadw reference
- 14056
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
To E of entrance to Bute West Dock Basin.
History
Bute East Dock constructed 1852-1859, supervising engineers Rennie and Plews, contractors Hemingway and Pearson. Lock now filled in and truncated by road on line of former swing-bridge.
Exterior
Lock listed only as far as road (former swing bridge) beyond which walls are incomplete. Walls in finely-jointed level-coursed brown stone. Copings to gate rebates and E wall generally in brown stone, other copings granite. Near gate rebates, depth scale inscribed in Roman numerals. Sea wall continues to E with massive blocks in brown stone; granite copings except at extreme E where they are brown stone.
Reason for designation
Listed as structure defining Inner Harbour of Cardiff bay, and for group value.
Nearby in the register
- Pier Head BuildingMaritimeunder 1 mi
- One of a Pair of Navigation Lamps to E of Bute West Dock BasinGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
- 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
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.