Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
13801
Building Number
75
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
19/05/1975
Date of Amendment
30/04/1999
Name of Property
Ristorante Il Padrino
Address
75 St Mary Street
Location
Unitary Authority
Cardiff
Community
Castle
Town
Locality
Easting
318329
Northing
176012
Street Side
W
Location
To L of Philharmonic Hotel.
Description
Broad Class
Commercial
Period
History
Dated 1886.
Exterior
Elaborate Italianate Gothic style; Pennant stone with dressings in bathstone and orange ironstone. Three storeys. 3 gabled bays. Crocketed and diapered gables whose arches enclose lozenges (central lozenge bears date "1886"). Second floor central bay has 2-light Gothic window, outer bays single Gothic window all with polychrome heads and orange colonettes with floral capitals; stone balconies with pierced quatrefoils. Oriel window to centre of first floor, band of Gothic windows over; ironstone colonettes; similar window to each side of oriel. Ends of first floor have colonettes surmounted by griffins. On ground floor, main entrance door to L has paired granite columns against painted stone architrave; mosaic roundels of Four Seasons obscured by later fascia board. Similar entrance to Toni's Bar (R).
Interior
Reason for designation
Elaborately detailed Italian Gothic commercial building.
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