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
14067
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
20/08/1992
Date of Amendment
18/11/1997
Name of Property
Gas Holder at British Gas Grangetown Works
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Cardiff
Community
Grangetown
Town
Locality
Easting
317409
Northing
174319
Street Side
W
Location
Due west of Ferry Road entrance to works, approximately 200 metres from entrance.
Description
Broad Class
Industrial
Period
History
Dated 1881. Gasholder and support frame built for Cardiff Gas Light and Coke Company. Dated by inscription on plate mounted on frame, 'J & W Horton 1881 Smethwick'. Some restoration after bomb damage during Second World War.
Exterior
Shallow domed crown of holder has, at circumference, brackets with wheels running on vertical rails attached to supporting framework which consists of two tiers, each of 16 cast-iron Doric columns supporting panelled entablature blocks with cornices in the manner of Florentine C15 architecture. Upper-tier columns slightly slimmer than lower with lighter, narrower entablature blocks. Lattice girders between columns at entablature level of both tiers, and x-shaped cross-bracing between columns on both levels.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as striking C19 gasholder with literate architectural design to framework.
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