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
13958
Building Number
3
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
20/08/1992
Date of Amendment
21/08/1998
Name of Property
3 Bute Esplanade
Address
3 Bute Esplanade
Location
Unitary Authority
Cardiff
Community
Butetown
Town
Locality
Easting
318871
Northing
174293
Street Side
Location
Facing south on Bute Esplanade.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Two houses from terrace formerly of 12 houses, of which 7 remain. Circa 1857, perhaps by Alexander Roos, architect to Bute Estate.
Exterior
Two storeys plus attic, two windows. Stuccoed brick, rusticated on ground floor, roofs tiled, rendered chimneys, each with 4 pots. Single gabled dormer to each house. Parapet and heavy cornice. First floor windows with cornices and architraves. Band course at sill level. Further band course above rusticated ground floor. No 4 has bracketed cornice over doorway with architraves. No 3 similar but has lost its cornice. Houses have porches with Minton - type tiled dados, floor to No 3 tiled, floor to No 4 in mosaic. Inner doors half-glazed with patterned frosted glass. No 3 retains original 5-panelled entrance door. Ground floor window to No 4 has stucco voussoirs. No 3 has semi-circular bay window with balustrade, dentil cornice and Tuscan pilasters as mullions. Bay on grey stone plinth. No 3 has horned sash glazing. No 4 has replacement glazing. At rear, each house has a 2-storey extension with tall chimney stack.
Interior
Reason for designation
Two houses from the early development of Butetown, well preserved.
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