Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Six Gables
Whitchurch, Cardiff, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Whitchurch, Cardiff, designated on 19 May 1975.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 19 May 1975
- Locality
- Whitchurch
- Town
- Cardiff
- Community
- Whitchurch
- Unitary authority
- Cardiff
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.51416, -3.22139
- Cadw reference
- 26711
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)
- 1637 · The fourth table of England. Cornub. Devonia, Somerset etc. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1865 · England and Wales. England No. 6. (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
No 27A: extends south from south return of No 27. On the main road about 100m north of the Church of St. Mary.
History
A small mid C19 villa in Tudor style having group value with the adjoining No 27.
Exterior
Stuccoed two storey two-bay front with gables with curvilinear bargeboards over first foor windows. Rusticated quoins. Welsh slate roof. Across the ground floor, a tented verandah on iron trellised supports; doorway and sidelights to left hand; triple sash to right hand. The first floor has two 2-light casements with 4 x 2 small panes and dripmoulds over, each window with gable over. Twin gabled roof with cross finials and two stacks with weathered tops on rear wall. Side elevations plain, rear elevation not seen.
Interior
Interior not seen at resurvey (November 2001).
Reason for designation
Included as a mid C19 villa of character having group value with No 27 next door.
Nearby in the register
- The LaurelsDomesticunder 1 mi
- Church of St. MaryReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- The PinesDomesticunder 1 mi
- Whitchurch War MemorialCommemorativeunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.