Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Wellington's Cafe Bar
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
- 51.47838, -3.17589
- Cadw reference
- 21689
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
To L (south) of Tabernacl Chapel.
History
Circa 1900; until recently the "Duke of Wellington" public house.
Exterior
Three storey public house; pressed red brick, slate roof. Seven window front to The Hayes, grouped into 3 bays, 3-2-3, and articulated by pilasters. Above cornice, to centre, aedicule with inscription "Duke of Wellington", pinnacle and flanking urns. Round-headed windows to top floor, camber-headed windows to first floor with sash glazing. On ground floor, 3 broad camber-headed windows with tall key stones rising to string course under first floor windows; 2 doorways with broken pediments. Similar splayed corner bay to L with doorway glazed in, and similar 2-window elevation to Caroline Street.
Reason for designation
Listed for group value with neighbouring listed buildings in The Hayes.
Nearby in the register
- Tabernacle Chapel including attached Hall and forecourt railingsReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- King's Cross Public HouseCommercialunder 1 mi
- 38 The HayesCommercialunder 1 mi
- 36 The HayesCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.