Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Date of Designation
19/05/1975
Date of Amendment
30/04/1999
Name of Property
,109,St Mary Street,,,SOUTH GLAMORGAN,
Address
109 St Mary Street
Unitary Authority
Cardiff
Location
Opposite Howell's Store.
History
Later C19 by Alfred Waterhouse, architect, as offices for Prudential Assurance Company, a smaller version of his offices for Prudential in London and Liverpool.
Exterior
Four storeys including attic; 4 bays. Pressed red brick and terracotta. On first and second floors, mullioned and transomed windows in every bay. Attic storey with paired round-headed windows surmounted by a single ornate pinnacled gable to two centre bays; end bays with strapwork parapet and terracotta rectangular niches with dripmoulds. Ornately decorated panelled pilasters to attic storey.
Travertine ground floor shopfront.
Reason for designation
Rare example in Wales of work from the office of this important architect. Group value.
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