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Monroe's

Castle, Cardiff, Wales

A Grade II listed building in Castle, Cardiff, designated on 30 April 1999.

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913) covering the location of Monroe's, Castle, Cardiff, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Designation
Listed building, Grade II
Broad class
Commercial
Date of designation
30 April 1999
Community
Castle
Unitary authority
Cardiff
Country
Wales
Coordinates
51.47855, -3.17846
Cadw reference
21674

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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)

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Cadw's description

Location

To L of Westminster House, stepped down.

Exterior

Three storeys, three windows; richly carved pale ashlar front, slate roof.
Front articulated by columns and pilasters with foliage capitals, and carved frieze bands. Top floor has sash windows with reliefs in round heads, paired colonettes to centre window. First floor has paired windows with reliefs in round heads; articulated by clustered shafts with foliage capitals. On ground floor, central shop window flanked 2 doorways; stone columns flank window; pillars to ends.

Reason for designation

Richly detailed late C19 commercial frontage. Group value.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Designated Historic Asset GIS Data, The Welsh Historic Environment Service (Cadw), 2026-09-07, licensed under the Open Government Licence http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ Cadw, the Welsh Historic Environment Service · Open Government Licence v3.0
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