Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
14002
Building Number
20
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
19/05/1975
Date of Amendment
21/08/1998
Name of Property
,20,Mount Stuart Square,,,SOUTH GLAMORGAN,
Address
20 Mount Stuart Square
Location
Unitary Authority
Cardiff
Community
Butetown
Town
Locality
Easting
318924
Northing
174640
Street Side
S
Location
At the western end of this side of the square stepped down from Baltic House to left, facing the former Coal Exchange.
Description
Broad Class
Commercial
Period
History
Late 1850s. Original house from Mount Stuart Square development, perhaps by Alexander Roos, architect to Bute Estate. Adapted for business use in later C19.
Exterior
Former house facing N of three storeys, one window-bay. Slate roof, brick chimney, stuccoed. Stucco , rusticated on ground floor with some scribing imitating ashlar on upper floors. Shallow plinth. Cornice and parapet, cornices also at first floor and second floor level. Second floor window broad tripartite, with horned sashes. First floor window of Venetian type with tripartite opening articulate by Doric pilasters and shell motiff in small tympanum above. Ground floor largely unaltered and has segmental-headed doorway with stucco voussoirs, and to its left broad window.
Interior
Reason for designation
A significant survivor of the oldest domestic buildings in Mount Stuart Square, converted to commercial use. Group value.
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