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
13957
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
22/03/1966
Date of Amendment
21/08/1998
Name of Property
Bonded Warehouse
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Cardiff
Community
Butetown
Town
Locality
Bute East Dock
Easting
319153
Northing
175927
Street Side
N
Location
At N end of Bute East Dock.
Description
Broad Class
Commercial
Period
History
Built 1861 as warehouse, to designs of resident dock engineer W S Clarke. Conversion to offices with extension to N, late 1980's.
Exterior
Four storeys, 6 bays wide by 3 deep, built on an iron framework and faced with orange-red brick (English Bond); some dressings in bathstone, grey stone plinth to sides and rear. Hipped roof with modern corrugated covering. Parapet with bathstone capping. Facing Bute East Dock, 6 bays, second and fifth tall loading bays with hoists above; cast iron sills to former doors now with office glazing and wrought-iron balconies. Other bays have small round-headed windows with bathstone keystones and sills; modern single pane glazing. Four cast iron tie-rod ends to each floor. Ground floor facing dock open to almost half depth of building to provide covered working area; modern office glazing at rear. Overhang supported by broad Tuscan-style cast-iron columns carrying cast-iron beam upon which masonry rests. East and west elevations similar to south with , above ground floor, 3 bays with central loading bay flanked by round-headed windows; cast iron tie-rod ends. Ground floor open to S but brick to N. North elevation has to R, 2 windows on each upper floor. Modern extension in red brick and glass to L (from conversion to offices) covers loading bay and other windows.
Interior
Converted to offices but retains original construction with cast-iron Tuscan columns supporting parallel iron beams spanned by shallow brick arches.
Reason for designation
Listed as fine warehouse building, with interesting iron and brick construction, from early period of Cardiff Docks.
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