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
13979
Building Number
125
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
20/05/1974
Date of Amendment
21/08/1998
Name of Property
Royal Bank of Scotland
Address
125 Bute Street
Location
Unitary Authority
Cardiff
Community
Butetown
Town
Locality
Easting
319073
Northing
174786
Street Side
W
Location
On triangular corner site at junction of Bute Street and West Bute Street.
Description
Broad Class
Commercial
Period
History
Built c. 1847 part of terrace known as Powell Place which included six houses later numered 120-125 Bute Street. Offices of Powell Duffryn Co. until they moved to Pascoe House on opposite side of Bute Street, in 1875. Top storeys added 1884, ground floor extension added 1887, to designs of J P Jones.
Exterior
Three storeys with 3 bays facing Bute Street (and backing onto West Bute Street), and semi-hexagonal N-facing return. Painted stucco with dentil cornice, quoins and rusticated plinth. String courses at sill level on each floor. Slate roof and stucco chimneys with classical detailing. Facing West Bute Street, plain window openings. Other second floor windows with shouldered architraves. First floor windows with cornice and small brackets under sill string course (as 122-124 Bute Street). Ground floor windows facing Bute St similar, but with larger brackets beneath sill level string course. On ground floor, facing N, single storey extension to banking hall in matching style. Windows and doorway architraves as 2nd floor, but windows have brackets below string course. Balustrade above.
Interior
Banking hall with hall panelling and panelled counter. Corinthian columns. Simple moulded cornice to ceiling.
Reason for designation
Included as part of a group of buildings from early development of Butetown, on prominent corner site at junction of Bute Street and West Bute Street. Group value.
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