Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
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Castle, Cardiff, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Castle, Cardiff, designated on 30 April 1999.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commercial
- Date of designation
- 30 April 1999
- Community
- Castle
- Unitary authority
- Cardiff
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.47788, -3.17703
- Cadw reference
- 21657
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
Almost opposite Wood Street.
History
Circa 1910/20.
Exterior
Tall building of 4 storeys, 2 windows. Portland stone facing, mainly sash glazing. Pediment with oculus; chanelled pilaster strips to ends. Top floor has thermal windows with keystones. Second floor has tripartite windows under cornices. On first floor, tripartite windows whose keystones rise into open pediments. Tall banded ground floor with 2 arches; window to L, doorway to R.
Reason for designation
Well-preserved commercial frontage in conservation area.
Nearby in the register
- 47&48 St Mary StreetCommercialunder 1 mi
- Mulligan's (former Cambrian Hotel)Commercialunder 1 mi
- Wyndham Arcade-Nos 1-39 (Odd) & Nos 4-32 (Even)Commercialunder 1 mi
- 40 & 41Commercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.