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
13953
Building Number
6
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
19/05/1975
Date of Amendment
21/08/1998
Name of Property
6 Bute Crescent
Address
6 Bute Crescent
Location
Unitary Authority
Cardiff
Community
Butetown
Town
Locality
Easting
319159
Northing
174558
Street Side
Location
Part of terrace facing E towards former Bute West Dock Basin.
Description
Broad Class
Commercial
Period
History
Nos 5-9 Bute Crescent date from c. 1840; amongst the earliest domestic buildings in Butetown.
Exterior
Four storeys over basement. Cornice and first floor band course. Added floor above cornice. Two window stucco front, rusticated on ground floor. Mainly small pane sash windows, hornless. Top floor has own cornice and balustrade and windows without architraves articulated by pilaster bands. Second floor windows with architraves. First floor windows with architraves and bracketed cornice above. To right, broad tripartite window with stucco voussoirs. Basement area surounded by cast iron railings.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as amongst the earliest domestic buildings in Butetown, on important site facing dock basin. Group value.
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