Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
13728
Building Number
5
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
19/05/1975
Date of Amendment
30/04/1999
Name of Property
Cranes
Address
5 High Street
Location
Unitary Authority
Cardiff
Community
Castle
Town
Locality
Easting
318149
Northing
176442
Street Side
E
Location
About 20m S of junction with Duke Street.
Description
Broad Class
Commercial
Period
History
1835; built as branch of National Provincial Bank, the first national bank to come to Cardiff. Possibly by Edward Haycock, architect, who designed new market buildings at Cardiff at this period. Repairs to stonework suggest upper windows once had architraves and pediments.
Exterior
Two storeyed classical building in ashlar stone. Upper storey (partly patched with cement and some window dressings removed) has five windows. Central, 3-window section has engaged order of 2 Ionic columns in antis with pediment. Single window either side with full entablature and blocking. Small-pane hornless sash windows with hoods for blinds. Ground floor set forward and entirely remodelled as shop with modern shopfront in simplified Classical style; to R, entrance to offices above.
Interior
Reason for designation
Elegant early C19 commercial building for the first national bank to come to Cardiff, illustrating emerging economic importance of the town.
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