Full Report for Listed Buildings
The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.
Summary Description
Reference Number
11657
Building Number
7
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
30/03/1987
Date of Amendment
30/03/1987
Name of Property
Liverpool Victoria Insurance Offices Including "Cane Connection" Shop
Address
7 Wind Street
Location
Unitary Authority
Swansea
Community
Castle
Town
Locality
Swansea
Easting
265760
Northing
192984
Street Side
Location
In a mixed group of commercial buildings leading up to the Castle.
Description
Broad Class
Commercial
Period
History
Late C19 or early C20.
Exterior
Free Baroque style. 4 storeys and attic; 3 bay ashlar front with pink and white banding. Tall gable with dragon finial, bull’s eye window and supporting volutes. Polygonal corner buttresses with urn finials, flat pilasters with cartouche in scrolled pediment over centre bay, moulded cornices and cill bands. Scrolled pediments to 2nd and 3rd floor windows; 1st floor centre has aedicule treatment with curvilinear pediment topped by lion sedent, bulbous fluted half-columns with Corinthian capitals. Arched flank windows with cartouche keyblocks and bowed balustraded aprons. Modern glazing. Overall shop front with recessed entry on right.
Interior
Reason for designation
Group value.
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