Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
West Lodge to Cardiff Castle, including attached Walls & Gateway
Castle, Cardiff, Wales
A Grade II* listed building in Castle, Cardiff, designated on 12 February 1952.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II*
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 12 February 1952
- Community
- Castle
- Unitary authority
- Cardiff
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.48115, -3.18458
- Cadw reference
- 21697
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
At S entrance to Bute Park.
History
1860-63. By Alexander Roos, architect to Bute Estate.
Exterior
Two storey lodge in grey stone; Gothic; castellated, stone chimneys. Splayed oriel window over 2 Gothic windows; L return (inside park) has blocked Gothic doorway flanked by Gothic windows; on first floor, 2-light window flnked by single-light windows, all with hoodmoulds. To R of lodge, facing road, stone wall with pedestrian gateway. To W of lodge, castellated screen wall with braod gateway to Park, wooden gates; small pedestrian gateway with heraldic shield over. On W side of gateway, square turret, and length of stone wall.
Reason for designation
Grade II* as Integral part of the development of Cardiff Castle and Bute Park in C19. Group value with Animal Wall and Castle.
Nearby in the register
- Mile Post at NW End of Westgate StreetTransportunder 1 mi
- Cardiff BridgeTransportunder 1 mi
- Animal Wall, and Gates near Clock TowerGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
- Cardiff CastleDefenceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.