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
13975
Building Number
117
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
19/05/1975
Date of Amendment
21/08/1998
Name of Property
Baltimore Hotel
Address
117 Bute Street
Location
Unitary Authority
Cardiff
Community
Butetown
Town
Locality
Easting
319081
Northing
174727
Street Side
W
Location
Stepped down to right of the National Westminster Bank.
Description
Broad Class
Recreational
Period
History
The Bute Dock Hotel was licensed in 1839; extended towards Bute Street in 1851 and with grander frontage added in later C19. Later became Docks Non-Political Club, before 1990s reconversion to Public House.
Exterior
Classical Bath stone front; 2-storeys, 7-bay front with distinctive balustraded aprons to 1st floor and pierced lettering to parapet. Slate roof and brick chimney stack. Cornice has paired end brackets over raised quoins. 1st floor architraves include panels over lintels; aprons have bulbous balusters and panelled piers with foliated caps between each bay. Later casement window added to centre. Ground floor punctuated by egg and dart capitalled pilasters together with stepped frieze and cornice; wreath ornament to central bays. Tall windows with hight transoms and rounded shoulders and unusual pendant-like festoons; also over double door entrances to either end; plinth band.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included for its pleasing late C19 frontage, and for group value with adjacent buildings.
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