Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Brains
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
- 51.47788, -3.17703
- Cadw reference
- 21657
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
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.