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
25860
Building Number
194
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
08/11/2001
Date of Amendment
08/11/2001
Name of Property
194 Cowbridge Road East
Address
194 Cowbridge Road East
Location
Unitary Authority
Cardiff
Community
Canton
Town
Cardiff
Locality
Canton
Easting
316585
Northing
176569
Street Side
N
Location
At Canton Cross forming part of a good group with The Corporation PH and Canton Library.
Description
Broad Class
Commercial
Period
History
Part of a commercial terrace built in1889. The land was developed by Cardiff Corporation, hence the name of the adjoining hotel, on land previously occupied by Canton Market.
Exterior
Interior
Interior not seen at resurvey.
Reason for designation
Included as a characterful late Victorian commercial building having strong group value with the other historic buildings at Canton Cross.
Group Description
Built of dark grey rockfaced pennant sandstone rubble with painted stone dressings and Welsh slate roofs. In a mixed Gothic style with accommodation over a shop. Two storeys and attic. Elliptical arch for the ground floor shopfront, above this a corbelled 4-light oriel, each light with 1 over 2 panes with mullions and transoms. This is flanked by single light 1 over 2 pane windows. Above the oriel is a 2-light gabled dormer with strip vent in the gable. Tall brick stack to the steeply pitched roof. Rear elevation not seen.
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