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
14052
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
06/03/1977
Date of Amendment
21/08/1998
Name of Property
Bute West Dock Basin, including Sea Walls and Catch Pit
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Cardiff
Community
Butetown
Town
Locality
Inner Harbour Area
Easting
319217
Northing
174455
Street Side
Location
Sea walls running east from south of Industrual and Maritime Museum to entrance to former Bute East Dock. Bute West Dock basin between and behind Pier Head Building and Industrial & Maritime Museum. Catch pit to NE of basin.
Description
Broad Class
Maritime
Period
History
West Bute Dock and Basin opened 1839 by Bute Docks Company. Originally planned by James Green, with revisions and consultations from Telford, Cubbitt and R Stephenson. Resident engineer George Turnbull, chief contractor Daniel Storms. Basin walls probably refaced in later C19.
Exterior
Sea walls faced with massive grey-brown stone blocks with copings generally in granite but grey-brown stone at W end of sea wall to S of Industrial and Maritime museum. Squat cast iron bollards set into coping stones, some of which have iron lipping to kerbs. At time of inspection (March 1991), walls partially obscured by rubble dumped as reinforcement. Beginnings of stairs down to water visible to E and W of entrance to basin. Basin largely filled in but walls of basin where visible are in snecked brownish stone with band courses. Granite copings. Basin entrance has rebates for former gates, each retaining (to S), iron seatings for gate hinges. Basin elliptical with granite steps down to floor visible on E but largely obscured to W. To N of basin, dock entrance has rebates for former gates, each retaining (to S), iron seatings for gate hinges. To E of entrance to former dock (N of basin), is catch pit. D-shaped feeder pit in grey-brown coursed hammer-dressed masonry and having heavily-built sluice archway with stepped voussoirs and keystone.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included for important historic interest as remaining structures of the earliest major dock in Cardiff. Group value.
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