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Front Wall, Gatepiers and Gate of No 88 (Bridge House)

Whitchurch, Cardiff, Wales

A Grade II listed building in Whitchurch, Cardiff, designated on 31 May 2002.

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913) covering the location of Front Wall, Gatepiers and Gate of No 88 (Bridge House), Whitchurch, 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
Domestic
Date of designation
31 May 2002
Locality
Whitchurch
Town
Cardiff
Community
Whitchurch
Unitary authority
Cardiff
Country
Wales
Coordinates
51.51115, -3.21703
Cadw reference
26713

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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)
  • 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)

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Cadw's description

Immediately outside the front of Bridge House.

Contemporary with the house at c1800.

Rubble dwarf wall with coping, square piers with conical iron caps at either end. Central square gate piers with iron urn finials. Wrought Iron gate.

Included for their group value with No 88 and with Tabernacle Chapel opposite.

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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