Listed buildings in Cardiff Bay explained

There are many listed buildings in Cardiff Bay, part of Cardiff, capital city of Wales. A listed building is one considered to be of special architectural, historical or cultural significance, and has restrictions on amendments or demolition. Buildings are listed as either Grade I, II* and II buildings lists, with the Grade I being the most important.[1]

Cardiff Bay describes the redeveloped docklands area of the city, including the neighbourhoods of Butetown and Atlantic Wharf, previously better known as Tiger Bay. It is bounded approximately by the River Taff to the west, the Bute East Dock to the east and the mainline railway to the north.

Key

GradeCriteria
Grade IBuildings of exceptional, usually national, interest (generally the top 2%).
Grade II*Particularly important buildings of more than special interest.
Grade IIBuildings of special interest, which warrant every effort being made to preserve them.    

Grade I and II* listed buildings

NamePhotographGradeDateLocationDescription
Pierhead Building, Harbour Drive1897Cardiff Bay
51.4631°N -3.1622°W
Designed by architect William Frame and built from terracotta supplied from North Wales. The building was used by the Bute Dock Company and later the Cardiff Railway Company. Now converted for use as an information and exhibition facility.[2]
Cardiff Bay railway station, Bute Street1840Butetown
51.4666°N -3.1652°W
Coal Exchange Building, Mount Stuart Square1886Cardiff Bay
51.465°N -3.167°W
Empire House,[3] Mount Stuart Square1926Cardiff Bay
51.4654°N -3.1665°W
A five-storey Georgian style building with two additional attic levels, designed by Percy Thomas and Ivor Jones.[4]
National Westminster Bank building,[5] Bute Street1927Cardiff Bay
51.465°N -3.1651°W

Grade II listed buildings

NamePhotographGradeDateLocationDescription
Aberdare House, Mount Stuart SquareCardiff Bay
51.4647°N -3.1679°W
Offices created from two 3-storey houses in 1920.[6]
Baltic House,[7] Mount Stuart Square1915Cardiff Bay
51.4644°N -3.167°W
A six-storey building designed by Teather and Wilson in an Edwardian Baroque style. Baltic House faces the main entrance to the Cardiff Coal Exchange.
Bonded Warehouse,[8] Atlantic Wharf1861Atlantic Wharf
51.476°N -3.1642°W
Four storey brick warehouse building at one end of the Bute East Dock. Constructed using an iron frame. Converted into office accommodation during the 1980s.[9]
Church of St Mary and St Stephen, Bute Street1843Butetown
51.4732°N -3.1711°W
Church designed by John Foster of Liverpool, with a later addition by Arts and Crafts architect J. D. Sedding.[10]
Cory's Building,[11] Bute Street1889Cardiff Bay
51.4646°N -3.1645°W
Designed by Cardiff architects Bruton & Williams in a Free Italianate Classical style. The five-storey building has internal staircases with iron balustrades.[12]
Eli Jenkins, Bute CrescentCardiff Bay
51.4637°N -3.1639°W
Mid nineteenth Century, with metal railings.[13]
'D Shed', The Flourish1870sCardiff BayThe building marked on First Edition Ordnance Survey map (surveyed 1870s) as warehouse beside Bute East Dock Basin. Known as the "D" Shed, it was dismantled in the 1990s, and re-assembled on its present site,[14] opening as Craft in the Bay in June 2002
Locky's Cottage,[15] Harbour DriveCardiff Bay
51.4613°N -3.1595°W
Small stone hut near Roath Basin.
Midland (HSBC) Bank, James Street/Bute Street1874Cardiff Bay
51.4641°N -3.1648°W
Designed by F. Cutlan in a Venetian style, using Bathstone and yellow brick.[16]
Mount Stuart Graving Docks,[17] Stuart StreetCardiff Bay
51.4616°N -3.1658°W
Three ship-repairing docks opening into Cardiff Bay.
The Big Windsor (now the 'Spice Merchant'), Stuart Street1855Cardiff Bay
51.4624°N -3.1656°W
Public house established in 1855 and now trading as an Indian restaurant.[18]

See also

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Buildings & Conservation Areas: Listing. 2011. Cadw. 30 March 2013.
  2. News: Hannaby. Mark. Historic Pierhead building in Cardiff re-opens. 30 March 2013. BBC News. 1 March 2010.
  3. Web site: Empire House, Butetown. British Listed Buildings. 30 March 2013.
  4. Mount Stuart Square: Conservation Area Appraisal, pages 8 & 16. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
  5. Web site: National Westminster Bank, Butetown. British Listed Buildings. 30 March 2013.
  6. http://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/19376/details/MOUNT+STUART+SQUARE%2C+28+%26+29%2C+BUTETOWN%3BABERDARE+CHAMBERS%3BABERDARE+HOUSE/ Mount Stuart Square, 29 & 29, Aberdare Chambers; Aberdare House
  7. Web site: Baltic House, Butetown. British Listed Buildings. 1 April 2013.
  8. Web site: Bonded Warehouse, Butetown. British Listed Buildings. 30 March 2013.
  9. http://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/34244/details/BONDED+WAREHOUSE%2C+BUTE+EAST+DOCK/ Bonded Warehouse, Bute East Dock
  10. Web site: St Mary the Virgin & St Stephen the Martyr Church, Bute Street. RCAHMW.. 1 April 2013.
  11. Web site: Cory's Building, Butetown. British Listed Buildings. 31 March 2013.
  12. http://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/18396/details/CORYS%27+BUILDING,+BUTE+STREET,+BUTETOWN,+CARDIFF/ Cory's Building, Bute Street, Butetown, Cardiff
  13. http://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/18159/details/BUTE+CRESCENT%2C+7%2C+BUTETOWN/ Bute Crescent 7, Butetown
  14. Web site: Former Warehouse (The "D" Shed) . British Listed Buildings. 11 February 2018.
  15. Web site: Midland Bank, Butetown. British Listed Buildings. 31 March 2013.
  16. http://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/19339/details/MIDLAND+BANK,+100+BUTE+STREET,+BUTETOWN,+CARDIFF/ Midland Bank, 100 Bute Street, Butetown, Cardiff
  17. Web site: Mount Stuart Graving Dock No.2, Butetown. British Listed Buildings. 1 April 2013.
  18. News: Lee. Brian. Brian Lee remembers the long lost pubs of Cardiff's docks. 31 March 2013. South Wales Echo. 20 January 2012.