Listed buildings in Cardiff
There are around 1000 listed buildings in Cardiff,[1] the capital city of Wales. A listed building is one considered to be of special architectural, historical or cultural significance, which is protected from being demolished, extended or altered, unless special permission is granted by the relevant planning authorities. The Welsh Government makes decisions on individual cases, taking advice from the heritage agency Cadw, the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales and local councils.[2]
There is an interactive map showing the locations of these buildings available to view on the council website.[3]
Key
Grade | Criteria[4] |
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Grade I | Buildings of exceptional, usually national, interest (generally the top 2%). |
Grade II* | Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. |
Grade II | Buildings of special interest, which warrant every effort being made to preserve them. |
Because of the way in which buildings are listed and the large number of listed buildings within the city, they have been subdivided into Grade I, II* and II buildings, with the Grade II buildings being further split up by area.
Grade I listed buildings
Name | Photograph | Completed | Date Listed | Function | Location | Grid Ref.[note 1] Geo-coordinates |
Description | HB Number[note 2] | Ref. |
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Animal Wall, and Gates near Clock Tower | More images | 1890 | 1952 | Park Wall | Castle Quarter | ST1794576460 51°28′52″N 3°10′59″W / 51.481145676222°N 3.183024021168°W |
Designed by William Burges and constructed after his death by his assistant, William Frame.[5] The Wall was moved from the front of Cardiff Castle to its current location in 1922. | 21696 | [6] |
Cardiff Castle | More images | 1081 to 1927 | 1952 | Castle Wall and Lodge | Castle Quarter | ST1807376595 51°28′57″N 3°10′52″W / 51.482377858563°N 3.1812125493558°W |
Cardiff Castle is built on the foundations of a Roman fort but the above ground construction mostly dates from the Norman period to the late 19th-century (a small part of the Roman wall of white bricks remains visible at the south-east corner). A Motte was built by Robert Fitzhamon in 1081 followed by a stone Bailey in the 12th-century. Gilbert de Clare built the Black Tower at the south entrance during the 13th-century. Much of the remaining castle and walls were constructed or redecorated by the Earls and Marquises of Bute between 1778 and the 1890s in a fantasy gothic style.[7] | 13662 | [8] |
Cardiff Crown Court | More images | 1906 | 1966 | Law Courts | Cathays Park | ST1814376839 51°29′04″N 3°10′49″W / 51.484581468039°N 3.1802613632082°W |
13736 | [9] | |
Castell Coch | More images | 1871–?? | 1963 | Castle | Tongwynlais | ST1306182631 51°32′09″N 3°15′18″W / 51.535887521247°N 3.2548616226841°W |
Fantasy castle designed by William Burges and built on the ruins of an original 13th-century castle. | 13644 | [10] |
City Hall | More images | 1906 | 1966 | City Hall | Cathays Park | ST1824876911 51°29′07″N 3°10′44″W / 51.485243934532°N 3.1787662423898°W |
13744 | [11] | |
Former Glamorgan County Hall | More images | 1912 | 1966 | County Hall | Cathays Park | ST1805176988 51°29′09″N 3°10′54″W / 51.4859075631°N 3.1816206302281°W |
13738 | [12] | |
Llandaff Cathedral | More images | 1120 to 1869 | 1952 | Cathedral | Llandaff | ST1555478123 51°29′45″N 3°13′04″W / 51.495742509574°N 3.2178455580854°W |
13710 | [13] | |
National Museum Cardiff | More images | 1913–27 | 1966 | Museum | Cathays Park | ST1833676985 51°29′09″N 3°10′39″W / 51.485921901872°N 3.1775163185366°W |
A Beaux-Arts design by the architects Arnold Dunbar Smith and Cecil Brewer. The building as it stands is a truncated version of a scheme they proposed in 1910; the west wing largely following the original design was built in 1962–5 by T. Alwyn Lloyd & Gordon. The remaining space was filled in 1993 by the Alex Gordon Partnership.[14] | 13694 | [15] |
Park House | More images | 1874 | 1966 | House | Castle Quarter | ST1847076874 51°29′06″N 3°10′32″W / 51.484943430601°N 3.1755612292536°W |
Designed by William Burges in the French Gothic style, for the Marquis of Bute's chief engineer, James McConnochie.[16] | 13772 | [17] |
Pierhead Building | More images | 1897 | 1975 | Pier Head Building | Butetown | ST1927574484 51°27′49″N 3°09′48″W / 51.463573907169°N 3.1634236506967°W |
14055 | [18] | |
Ruins of the Old Bishop's Palace | More images | 1266 | c.1975 | Bishops Palace Ruins | Llandaff | ST1557477991 51°29′40″N 3°13′03″W / 51.494558898207°N 3.2175259037285°W |
An impressive gatehouse and courtyard (now a garden) remains. The Palace was possibly built during the time of Bishop William de Braose. It has similarities to the contemporary Caerphilly Castle.[19] | 13718 | [20] |
St John the Baptist Church | More images | 1460 | c.1952 | Church | Castle Quarter | ST1827076411 51°28′51″N 3°10′42″W / 51.480752333465°N 3.1783335916556°W |
13674 | [21] | |
St Fagans Castle | More images | 1590s | c.1977 | Museum | St Fagans | ST1199077145 51°29′11″N 3°16′08″W / 51.486406360736°N 3.2689276967411°W |
Multi-gabled Elizabethan house, built before 1596.[22] Its grounds are now used as the St Fagans National History Museum. | 13888 | [23] |
St German's Church | More images | 1884 | 1952 | Church | Adamsdown | ST1958376820 51°29′05″N 3°09′34″W / 51.484617660109°N 3.1595234577824°W |
Designed by London architects Bodley & Garner this "tall, spacious and elegant" church also has a contemporary school house.[24] | 13806 | [25] |
St Margaret's Church | More images | 1870 | 1975 | Church | Penylan | ST1993077740 51°29′35″N 3°09′17″W / 51.492937461076°N 3.1547361985818°W |
Designed by John Prichard at the behest of the Third Marquess of Bute, this church replaced an ancient chapel on the same site. It includes the Marquess's family mausoleum.[26] | 13819 | [27] |
St Mellons Church | More images | 13th century | c.1963 | Church | Old St Mellons | ST2283581404 51°31′35″N 3°06′49″W / 51.526280604923°N 3.1137039141613°W |
13865 | [28] |
Grade II* listed buildings
Grade II listed buildings
Butetown and Cardiff Bay
Canton
Name | Photograph | Grade | Date | Location | Description |
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The Corporation, Cowbridge Road East | II | 1889 | 51°28′53″N 3°12′04″W / 51.4814°N 3.2010°W | A generous two-storey public house with a four storey tower, on a prominent corner of Canton. Dating from 1889 and built on Cardiff Corporation land, hence the name.[81] | |
St John the Evangelist Church, St John's Crescent | II | 1854 | 51°28′48″N 3°12′04″W / 51.4799°N 3.2012°W | The Church in Wales parish church for Canton, designed by architects John Prichard and John Pollard Seddon in a Gothic Revival style. The aisles were added a few years later and the steeple included 1868-70. Listed in 1975.[82] | |
St Mary of the Angels Church, Kings Road /Hamilton Street | II | 1907 | 51°28′57″N 3°11′42″W / 51.4825°N 3.1950°W | A Roman Catholic church designed by F A Walters, with the tower added in 1916. Listed as "a very good Roman Catholic church designed by a notable Edwardian architect".[83] | |
City centre
Name | Photograph | Grade | Date | Location | Description |
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Bute Building,[84] King Edward VII Avenue | II | 1916 | 51°29′11″N 3°10′58″W / 51.48652°N 3.18264°W | Designed by Percy Thomas and Ivor Davies and opened in 1916 as Cardiff Technical College.[85] | |
Central Station, Central Square | II | 1930 | 51°28′31″N 3°10′40″W / 51.4752°N 3.1779°W | Considered “the most complete 1930s Great Western Railway station still in existence”.[86] | |
Golden Cross public house, Bute Terrace | II | c. 1890s | 51°28′36″N 3°10′24″W / 51.4766°N 3.1732°W | Late 19th-century public house, tiled in green and gold. Important interior with decorative tiling and engraved glass.[87] | |
Hayes Island Snack Bar, The Hayes | II | 1911 | 51°28′46″N 3°10′32″W / 51.4794°N 3.1756°W | Originally opened as a parcels office.[88] | |
New Theatre, Greyfriars Road | II | 1906 | 51°29′01″N 3°10′32″W / 51.48366°N 3.17553°W | Designed by architects Runtz and Ford, with a facade of Bath stone and brick.[89] | |
Parc Hotel, Queen Street | II | c. 1884 | 51°28′57″N 3°10′22″W / 51.4824°N 3.1729°W | ||
Royal Hotel, St Mary Street | II | 1866 | 51°28′40″N 3°10′39″W / 51.4777°N 3.1774°W | ||
Water Tower at Cardiff Central railway station | II | 1932 | 51°28′32″N 3°10′49″W / 51.4755°N 3.1804°W | Great Western Railway water tower, 15 metres in height, built in concrete with a fluted base.[86] In 1984 it was embellished with a painted design of giant daffodils.[90] It was repainted in cream and beige, the colours of the GWR, in 2012.[86] | |
Ely
Name | Photograph | Grade | Date | Location | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Church of the Resurrection,[91] Vachell Rd, Ely | II | 1934 | 51°28′44″N 3°14′57″W / 51.4789°N 3.2492°W | Designed in the Byzantine style in rich brown brick. The church was designed by T. Roderick of Aberdare and provided at a cost of £10,000 by Lord Glanely in memory of his wife, Ada.[92] | |
The Court,[93] Michaelston Road, Ely | II | 51°28′34″N 3°16′02″W / 51.4761°N 3.2673°W | A mansion house occupied by Lord Glanely during the 1920s, subsequently converted into a nursing home.[94] | ||
Flat Holm (Island)
Name | Photograph | Grade | Date | Location | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Foghorn Station, Flat Holm | II | 1906 | 51°22′39″N 3°07′03″W / 51.3776°N 3.1174°W | Built by the Trinity House lighthouse authority and in use as a fog warning until 1988.[95] | |
Isolation Hospital (ruins),[96] Flat Holm | II | 1896 | 51°22′38″N 3°07′16″W / 51.3772°N 3.1210°W | A unique offshore Isolation Hospital for cholera patients, built in single storey red brick[97] and closed in 1935. | |
Grangetown
Radyr
Name | Photograph | Grade | Date | Location | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Church of St. John the Baptist[98] | II | Probably 14th century | 51°30′14″N 3°14′29″W / 51.5038°N 3.2415°W | Medieval church, restored and altered c. 1885 | |
See also
Notes
- 1 2 Sometimes known as OSGB36, the grid reference is based on the British national grid reference system used by the Ordnance Survey.
- 1 2 The "HB Number" is a unique number assigned to each listed building by Cadw.
Sources
- Cardiff, Wales, BritishListedBuildings.co.uk
- Hilling, John B. (1973). Cardiff and the Valleys: Architecture and Townscape. London: Lund Humphries.
- Newman, John (1995). Glamorgan. The Buildings of Wales. London: Penguin. ISBN 0-14-071056-6.
References
- ↑ "Conservation of the built environment". Cardiff Council. Retrieved March 20, 2016.
- ↑ Listed Buildings in Wales: What is Listing? (PDF) (third ed.), Cadw, 2005, p. 4, retrieved 19 March 2013
- ↑ "Cardiff - My Cardiff". Cardiff Council. Retrieved March 20, 2016.
- ↑ Listed Buildings in Wales: What is Listing? (PDF) (third ed.), Cadw, 2005, p. 6, retrieved 19 March 2013
- ↑ "Castle Timeline". Castle History. Cardiff Castle website. 12 March 2013. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
- ↑ "Animal Wall, and Gates near Clock Tower". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
- ↑ "Cardiff Castle and Bute Park". Coflein. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
- ↑ "Cardiff Castle". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
- ↑ "Law Courts". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
- ↑ "Castell Coch". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
- ↑ "Cardiff City Hall". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
- ↑ "Former Glamorgan County Hall". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
- ↑ "Cathedral Church of St. Peter and St. Paul". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
- ↑ Newman 1995, pp. 226–7
- ↑ "National Museum of Wales". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
- ↑ The Buildings of Wales: Glamorgan, page 102.
- ↑ "Park House". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
- ↑ "Pier Head Building". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
- ↑ Pettifer, Adrian (2000). Welsh Castles: A Guide by Counties. The Boydell Press. p. 97. ISBN 0-85115-778-5.
- ↑ "Ruins of the Old Bishop's Palace". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
- ↑ "Church of St John The Baptist.". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
- ↑ Glamorgan: Later Castles. R.C.A.H.M.W. 2000. p. 341. ISBN 1-871184-22-3.
- ↑ "St Fagans Castle". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
- ↑ The Buildings of Wales: Glamorgan, page 95.
- ↑ "Church of St German of Auxerre.". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
- ↑ "St Margaret's Church, Roath Parish". Roath.org.uk. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
- ↑ "Church of St Margaret". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
- ↑ "Church of St Mellon". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
- ↑ "Cardiff Bay Station". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
- ↑ "Cardiff Central Market". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
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- ↑ "Castell-y-mynach". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
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- ↑ "Cathays Library, Cathays". British Listed Buildings (text from Cadw listing). Retrieved 21 March 2013.
- ↑ "Cathays Library". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
- ↑ "Chapel of St. Michael's College". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
- ↑ "Church of St Mary the Blessed Virgin". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
- ↑ "City United Reformed Church". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
- ↑ "Craig-y-parc House". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
- ↑ "Empire House". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
- ↑ Hilling 1973, p. 84
- ↑ "Entrance Block to Castle Arcade". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
- ↑ "Former Central Library". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
- ↑ "Garden terrace and steps at Craig-y-parc". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
- ↑ "Gelynis Farmhouse and attached cottage and stable". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
- ↑ Newman 1995, p. 214
- ↑ Thomas, Norman Percy. "Thomas, Sir Percy Edward". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
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- ↑ Newman 1995, p. 260
- ↑ "Howells School, Original Building with Big Hall". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
- ↑ "Insole Court". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
- ↑ "Lead Cistern in the east forecourt of St Fagans Castle". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
- ↑ "Llanfair-fach House". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
- ↑ "Llanrumney Hall PH". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
- ↑ "Loggia at Craig-y-parc and attached terrace walls and steps". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
- ↑ "National Westminster Bank". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
- ↑ "New House Hotel". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
- ↑ Leckwith Old Bridge, Leckwith, Cardiff, R.C.A.H.M.W. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
- ↑ "Old Leckwith Bridge (partly in the Michaelston community)". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
- ↑ "Pencoed". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
- ↑ The Buildings of Wales: Glamorgan, page 107.
- ↑ "South African War Memorial". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
- ↑ "St Andrews United Reformed Church". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
- ↑ "Church of St Augustine". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
- ↑ "Church of St Denys". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
- ↑ "Church of St Edyern". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
- ↑ "Church of St. Isan". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
- ↑ "St John's College (formerly Ty-to-Maen)". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
- ↑ "Church of St Peter". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
- ↑ "Stables to Cardiff Castle in Bute Park". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
- ↑ Jones, Anthony L. (1996). Welsh Chapels (2nd ed.). National Museum of Wales. p. 62. ISBN 0-7509-1162-X.
- ↑ "Tabernacle Chapel including attached Hall and forecourt railings". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
- ↑ Hilling 1973, p. 27
- ↑ "The Cathedral School". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
- ↑ "The High Court of Justice, Probate Registry of Wales". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
- ↑ "The Old Rectory". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
- ↑ "University of Wales, Cardiff, including Forecourt Walls". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
- ↑ "Welsh National War Memorial". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
- ↑ Henry, Graham (24 March 2012). "Bute Park's historic West Lodge reopens as Pettigrew Tea Rooms". WalesOnline.co.uk. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
- ↑ "West Lodge to Cardiff Castle, including attached Walls & Gateway". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
- ↑ "The Corporation P.H., Riverside". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
- ↑ "Church of St John the Evangelist, Canton". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
- ↑ "Church of St Mary of the Angels R.C., Riverside". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
- ↑ "13 & 14 Kitchens, Castle". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
- ↑ "Technical College; Bute Building; University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology". RCAHMW. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
- 1 2 3 Henry, Graham (19 June 2012). "Cardiff Central's landmark water tower renovation starts – without a daffodil in sight". Wales Online. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
- ↑ "Golden Cross Public House". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
- ↑ Williams, Stewart (1973). The Cardiff Book. p. 66. ISBN 0900807059.
- ↑ "History of the New Theatre". New Theatre website. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
- ↑ McWatt, Julia (26 November 2011). "Cardiff Central station water tower decoration plans slammed by painter". South Wales Echo. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
- ↑ "Church of the Resurrection, Ely". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
- ↑ Old, Harry. "Church of the Resurrection". History. CaerauwithEly.org. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
- ↑ "St. Fagans Court (also known as The Court), Ely". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
- ↑ "St. Fagans Today". The suburb of St Fagans. Cardiffians.co.uk. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
- ↑ "Tourism hope for island's foghorn". BBC Wales News. 30 April 2000. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
- ↑ "Former Isolation Hospital (Main Block) Flat Holm Island". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
- ↑ "Flat Holm Isolation Hospital, Flat Holm Island". RCAHMW. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
- ↑ "Church of St. John the Baptist, Llandaff". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
External links
Media related to Listed buildings in Cardiff at Wikimedia Commons
- Listed and Locally Listed Buildings, Cardiff Council.