Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
18644
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
05/06/1980
Date of Amendment
31/07/1997
Name of Property
Elms Centre
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Cardiff
Community
Adamsdown
Town
Locality
Easting
319547
Northing
177038
Street Side
W
Location
Adjacent (to S) of Trinity Church.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
Built circa 1896-1897 as schoolrooms for adjacent Trinity Methodist Church. By Ingall and Sons, architects, of Birmingham.
Exterior
Built as Gothic style church hall and schools. Snecked Pennant stone, bathstone dressings, slate and tiled roofs. Gabled entrance bay, 2 storeys, has upper window of 3 lancets recessed under arch with stiff-leaf capitals, entrance doorway below. To L, polygonal stair turret with steep tiled pavilion roof, tall narrow windows with lights at 2 levels; to R, square stair tower of 2 stages, open work parapet with corner turrets, stepped buttresses, arched window to upper floor, square-headed window to ground floor. To L of entrance block further single-storey gabled block with 3-lancet window. To R of entrance block, single storey block with splayed bay window (gable over), flanked by window (L) and doorway (R) with gablets over.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as part of same complex as Trinity Methodist Church with which it has group value.
Cadw : Full Report for Listed Buildings [ Records 1 of 1 ]
Export