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
13647
Building Number
282  
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
19/05/1975  
Date of Amendment
30/04/1999  
Name of Property
Golden Cross Public House  
Address
282 Bute Street  

Location


Unitary Authority
Cardiff  
Community
Castle  
Town
 
Locality
 
Easting
318532  
Northing
175996  
Street Side
N  
Location
At junction with Customhouse Street, on corner with Hayes Bridge Road, adjacent to ice rink.  

Description


Broad Class
Commercial  
Period
 

History
Public house; circa 1903 (date on tiles in bar).  

Exterior
Two-storey public house. South east front of 6 bays (L bay is broader), plus splayed corner bay to R; 2 bays to sides. Red brick with yellow brick pilasters, aprons etc. 2 windows with curved heads to each bay on first floor with single cornice and aprons over; parapet above. On ground floor, elaborate tiled pub front with Venetian windows; green and gold tiling with raised lettering to fascias, tiled panelling to pilasters and stall risers.  

Interior
Saloon bar on ground floor at west end; walls lined with polychrome tiles; tiled floral frieze in relief. Bar with hard wood top and with external covering of tiles with grotesque pattern in relief. Engraved glass in doors and screen. Walls of entrance lobby, larger one of Cardiff Castle, dated 1903 and smaller one of Cardiff Town Hall; both by firm of Craven, Dunhill and Co, Salop.  

Reason for designation
Striking public house, well-preserved, with particularly good tiles to facade and interior.  

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