Full Report for Listed Buildings


Summary Description of a Listed Buildings


Reference Number
13955
Building Number
8  
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
19/05/1975  
Date of Amendment
21/08/1998  
Name of Property
,8,Bute Crescent,,,SOUTH GLAMORGAN,  
Address
8 Bute Crescent  

Location


Unitary Authority
Cardiff  
Community
Butetown  
Town
 
Locality
 
Easting
319159  
Northing
174545  
Street Side
 
Location
Part of terrace facing E towards former Bute West Dock basin.  

Description


Broad Class
Commercial  
Period
 

History
Nos 5-9 Bute Crescent date from c. 1840; amongst the earliest domestic buildings in Butetown.  

Exterior
Three storeys over basement. Cornice and first floor band course. Two window stucco front, rusticated on ground floor. Mainly small pane sash windoes, hornless. Second floor windows with architraves. First floor windows with architraves and bracketed cornices. Panelled entrance door with rectangular fanlight and bracketed cornice above. To right, tall window with deeply moulded stucco voussoirs and quoins. Basement area surrounded by cast iron railings.  

Interior
 

Reason for designation
Listed as amongst the earliest domestic buildings in Butetown, on important site facing dock basin. Group value.  

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