Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Locky's Cottage (former Workmen's Hut at Sea Lock to Roath Basin
Butetown, Cardiff, Wales
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
- 51.46181, -3.16078
- Cadw reference
- 14060
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
On NW side and parallel to lock approximately 20 metres from inner lock gate.
History
Roath Basin built between 1868 and 1874. Building shown on Second Edition Ordnance Survey Map, surveyed 1898-99, but not on First Edition, surveyed 1876-78. Converted to catering use, 1990s.
Exterior
Late C19 hut for workers at Roath Basin sealocks. Single-storey building in snecked brown stone, rock-faced, with slate roof and central chimney in coursed rock-faced stone. South-East elevation, facing lock has, to R, doorway, and 2 windows with deep stone lintels and sills. Gable ends to NE and SW have single windows with stone lintels and sills. To NW, facing away from lock, 2 windows as in gable ends.
Reason for designation
As interesting survival from port and for group value with Roath Basin sea lock.
Nearby in the register
- Workmen's Hut at Sea Lock to Roath BasinMaritimeunder 1 mi
- Former H.M.Customs and Excise OfficeCommercialunder 1 mi
- Norwegian Church Arts CentreReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Sloping Stone Sea Wall between Entrance to Bute East Dock and Roath Basin, including 5 DolphinsDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.