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
13992
Building Number
4
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
19/05/1975
Date of Amendment
21/08/1998
Name of Property
Coptic House
Address
4 Mount Stuart Square
Location
Unitary Authority
Cardiff
Community
Butetown
Town
Locality
Easting
318997
Northing
174685
Street Side
E
Location
Set into a line of commercial properties midway along this side of the square; opposite the former Coal Exchange.
Description
Broad Class
Commercial
Period
History
Dated 1910 in centre of parapet. By Ivor Jones, architect, of Cardiff.
Exterior
Portland stone front of three storeys, five bays. Ends with giant banded pilaster strips. Parapet with date '1910' in laurel garland on stepped central pediment. Modillion cornice. Square headed windows on first and second floors , those on second floor with moulded surrounds with broad keystones above and sills supported on lion-headed brackets. First floor windows with cornices with recessed central sections, and banded surrounds which continue between windows. On ground floor, banded rustication, cornice supported by large volute brackets. Central rectangular entrance doorway, with very large volute keystone, flanked by modern inserted shopfronts each between engaged banded quarter columns with small Roman Doric capitals.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed for group value with neighbouring buildings in Mount Stuart Square Conservation Area.
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