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
19090
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
18/11/1997
Date of Amendment
Name of Property
Central Workshops of City of Cardiff Operational Services.
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Cardiff
Community
Grangetown
Town
Locality
Easting
317727
Northing
175812
Street Side
N
Location
On N side of road, backing on to railway.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
Built circa 1902 as Clare Road Depot for Cardiff Tram Service. Contractors Messrs D W Davies. In 1923 some alterations to allow trams to enter from S instead of N.
Extensions and alterations by S C Taverner of Newport in 1925. Converted to trolleybus depot 1942, closed to trams 25 August 1946. The depot served routes serving W of City; E routes had been served by larger (demolished) Roath depot
Exterior
Long multi-gabled building in red brick; slate roofs with glass lights, stone copings and kneelers. Eleven gables with louvred oculi. Two bays to each gable generally have 2 arched recesses with lunettes. Second and fifth gables have tall doors; large door between gables 9 and 10. To L, early C20 block links with two-storey 4 window block in red brick. Short screen wall to road.
Interior
Steel truss roof structure.
Reason for designation
Listed as rare surviving large building from a major tramway system, illustrating the transport history of Wales' largest city.
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