Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Sloping Stone Sea Wall between Entrance to Bute East Dock and Roath Basin, including 5 Dolphins
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
- 51.46196, -3.16221
- Cadw reference
- 14058
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
Exterior
Sloping sea wall revetted in rubble masonry running N to S between sea lock to former Bute East Dock and sea lock to Roath Basin. Wall approximately 240m long and up to 38m wide. Wall has grey stone steps leading to base of wall. At N end, vertical section of rubble walling connecting sloping wall with sea wall to former Bute East Dock. At foot of wall, 5 dolphins, timber structures with 4 almost upright corner piles, sloping slightly inwards, and cross-braced, with metal plate reinforcements at angles. Dolphins each connected to wall by 2 walkways at low level and were used for mooring ships during repairs.
Reason for designation
As structure defining Inner Harbour. Group value
Nearby in the register
- Norwegian Church Arts CentreReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Former H.M.Customs and Excise OfficeCommercialunder 1 mi
- Locky's Cottage (former Workmen's Hut at Sea Lock to Roath BasinMaritimeunder 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.