Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
St German's Court
Adamsdown, Cardiff, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Adamsdown, Cardiff, designated on 11 July 1984.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 11 July 1984
- Community
- Adamsdown
- Unitary authority
- Cardiff
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.48373, -3.15785
- Cadw reference
- 14100
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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
On corner of of Metal Street and Tin Street.
History
Former St German's Church School. Dated 1874. By G F Bodley and T Garner, architects, of London. Arts and Crafts influenced, perhaps also inspired by St Fagan's Castle. The land had been given by Lord Tredegar, the building opened 5 July 1875; cost £3400.
Exterior
Former school, now converted to residential use. Tall 2-storey and attic longitudinal block with narrow gabled forebuilding on R and lower cross-range forward on L, later 2-storey block over entrance in angle to L. Steep tiled roofs, barge-boards (raised gables to outer wings), oversailing eaves, resdtored red brick stacks to front wall chimneys with set-offs (originally with polygonal stacks), ornamental brackets for bell on centre stack. Rendered walls, freestone dressings (painted) including sillband at 1st floor, hoodmould to ground floor and fleur-de-lys panels. Pair of large tiled gabled dormers with 4-light casement windows linked behind tiled eaves to 1st floor glazing, 2-light windows alternate below eaves, five 2-light mullioned and transomed widows (upper lights blocked) to ground floor. All windows (formerly with small-pane leaded glazing, now replaced by timber and metal frames. Right gable with 2-light Tudor attic window, pointed arch to stair entry for boys in return angle. Window treatment to Tin Street gable consists of single attic window, and 2 windows on first and ground floors. Left cross-range has one-and-a-half storeys, gable haswindow to each floor (blind window to apex), corner chimney to R; inner return has large tiled gabled dormer, 2 small pane windows to ground floor.
Modernised range to N along Metal Street not included.
Reason for designation
Listed as first contribution by Bodley to group consisting of St German's church, clergy house, and this former school. Group value with other nearby Bodley buildings.
Nearby in the register
- Clergy House of the Church of St German of AuxerreDomesticunder 1 mi
- Church of St German of AuxerreReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Elms CentreReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Trinity Methodist ChurchReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.