Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
44 Charles Street
Castle, Cardiff, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Cardiff, Castle, designated on 30 April 1999.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 30 April 1999
- Town
- Cardiff
- Community
- Castle
- Unitary authority
- Cardiff
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.48068, -3.17360
- Cadw reference
- 21703
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 of USDAW.
History
Charles Street was built up from the N to S from 1850s onwards. No 44 was the L house of a pair, with some of ground floor of adjacent (R) house now visible as part of USDAW building.
Exterior
Former house, now shop and offices. Three-storey, 2 window front, offset to R (textured paint finish). Cornice, two 9-pane hornless sashes to second floor, On first floor, stucco architraves and bracketed cornices to tripartite sash window (L), and 12-pane sash window, (R). Ground floor has stucco banding and, to R, doorway, to L window (modern glazing) both with stucco architraves.
Reason for designation
Included for group value with other buildings on West Side of Charles Street.
Nearby in the register
- GriffithsCommercialunder 1 mi
- Caffe LatteCommercialunder 1 mi
- 50 Charles StreetCommercialunder 1 mi
- St David's Roman Catholic CathedralReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.