Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Sandringham Hotel
Castle, Cardiff, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commercial
- Date of designation
- 30 April 1999
- Community
- Castle
- Unitary authority
- Cardiff
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.47916, -3.17822
- Cadw reference
- 21645
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
To S of No 20, stepped up,
History
Circa 1900 in present form; upper 2 storeys possibly added, since windows not in alignment with those below.
Exterior
Five storey, 4 window building, faced in Portland stone; banded rustication.
Parapet surmounted by lion and urns. Articulated by pilasters and half columns to ends; windows grouped 1-2-1. Top storey has round-headed windows. On ground floor, 2 broad entrances to hotel and restaurant.
Reason for designation
Listed for group value with adjacent buildings.
Nearby in the register
- Cheltenham & Gloucester Building SocietyCommercialunder 1 mi
- OddbinsCommercialunder 1 mi
- RohanCommercialunder 1 mi
- Borough ChambersCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.