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
23231
Building Number
85
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
28/04/2000
Date of Amendment
28/04/2000
Name of Property
The Dingle
Address
85 Mill Road
Location
Unitary Authority
Cardiff
Community
Lisvane
Town
Cardiff
Locality
Lisvane
Easting
318401
Northing
183325
Street Side
W
Location
Near the upper end of Mill Road, set in its own gardens reached by a short drive.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Built c1937, architect Sir Percy Thomas of Cardiff. Shown with photograph and plan in H M Wright's 'Small Houses' 1937 illustrating buildings in the range £500-£2500, this house being at the upper end of the range. List of materials used as quoted by Wright confirms that this house had wooden casement windows (retained) although some similar houses had metal-framed and leaded lattice glazing. Built for a sister of W North Lewis, the prominent Cardiff coal-shipper. Other similar houses are nearby. Comparison with Wright's photograph shows garage was originally end right; that has been incorporated into house with a new garage added end left.
Exterior
House, rendered and painted with tiled roof, one stack end left. 2 storeys, an asymmetrical frontage, the roof sweeping down low over eaves to right and over entrance doorway centre left which has a wide tiled surround and flat hood, boarded double doors with small glazed lights incorporating bull's eye glass. To right is a steep gable with kneelers and 3-light windows on each floor: windows are all small-pane casements with tiled sills and mostly wooden frames; one leaded light to side. Large 4-light window ground floor to right; to centre the windows are smaller with long first floor landing window under eaves; end bay left is stepped back and has 3-light windows on each floor; attached archway to garage block. To rear the projecting gable has tiled lower storey; French doors.
Interior
Plan shows lounge, dining room and kitchen all with windows to garden frontage and hall, stairs and maid's room to rear. Above are 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and a boxroom.
Reason for designation
Included as a carefully designed suburban house which has retained the character of its composition designed by the most important Welsh architect of the period.
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