Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
14009
Building Number
59
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
20/08/1992
Date of Amendment
21/08/1998
Name of Property
,59,Mount Stuart Square,,,SOUTH GLAMORGAN,
Address
59 Mount Stuart Square
Location
Unitary Authority
Cardiff
Community
Butetown
Town
Locality
Easting
319000
Northing
174744
Street Side
N
Location
Stepped down to right of Empire House opposite the former Coal Exchange.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Two houses from original development of Mount Stuart Square, probably by Alexander Roos, archtect to Bute Estate. These are amongst earliest, c. 1856
Exterior
Two houses, each of three storeys (on shallow plinth) and two window-bays. Stucco with slate roofs. No 59 is slightly set back from No 58 to its left. Pilaster strips at corners of buildings with some Doric detailing. Parapet with band course above second floor windows (large pane sashes) which have stuccoed architraves and standard proportions of late Georgian style, (unlike later surviving houses in Square). First floor sash windows similar; cornice at sill level over rusticated ground floor with segmental-headed doorway and broad tripartite sash window to each house.
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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