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
13737
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
25/01/1966  
Date of Amendment
30/04/1999  
Name of Property
University Of Wales Registry, including forecourt walls and Dragon posts  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Cardiff  
Community
Castle  
Town
 
Locality
 
Easting
318075  
Northing
176943  
Street Side
W  
Location
Between Police HQ Building, and Former Glamorgan County Hall.  

Description


Broad Class
Education  
Period
 

History
1903-1904. By H W Wills & Anderson. Extended to rear, 1933 by T Alwyn Lloyd, architect. Welsh dragons to posts at front by Goscombe John  

Exterior
Portland Stone in classical style; small-pane glazing, sashes to main floor. Single storey plus basement and attic. Central (recessed) entrance block with coupled Ionic columns with segmental pediment with one window either side; cartouches at attic level. To either side of central block a wing of three bays; rectangular windows with moulded architraves; above cornice, attic has bull's eye windows. Basment has horizontal rustication and segmental headed windows. Flight of steps to centre entrance. Returns of 3 windows. To rear, 2-storey extension in rock-faced Pennant stone. Three bays of 3 windows (12-pane sash glazing); Portland stone architraves, cornices, pilasters. In front of entrance, forecourt with, at each end, 3 small stone obelisks on ashlar plinths. To front of forecourt, row of 10 iron posts with dragon finials by Goscombe John.  

Interior
Rear of entrance hall opened up with 2 Doric columns, and corridor curves round U-plan courtyard. Courtyard elevations as walls of extension; niche in end wall; steps down to garden.  

Reason for designation
Attractive classical building, amongst earliest of buildings in Cathays Park. Group value with other listed buildings in Cathays Park.  

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