Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Date of Designation
31/07/1997
Date of Amendment
31/07/1997
Name of Property
,64 Newport Road,,,
Unitary Authority
Cardiff
Location
On W corner of Newport Road and Piercefield Place.
History
Former bank, dated 1902.
Exterior
Former bank. Two-and-a-half storeys. French Renaissance style. Pennant stone with extensive bathstone facings. Slate Mansard roof, elaborate bathstone chimneys. Bathstone cornice. Front block has splayed corner entrance and 3 windows to Newport Road, one window to Piercefield Place (L). Corner has attic aedicule with segmental pediment and round window; single first floor window, entrance has open pediment on brackets high above pilasters flanking round-headed doorway with keystone. Gabled dormers to attic, parapet, first floor windows have bathstone aprons with volutes. Ground floor faced with channelled bathstone, tripartite sashes with Doric pillar mullions. To Piercefield Place 2 single-window blocks in same style each block set back. Narrower block to rear has hooded doorway.
Reason for designation
Listed for group value with other adjacent buildings in Newport Road/ Piercefield Place.
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