Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
21667
Building Number
114-5
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
30/04/1999
Date of Amendment
30/04/1999
Name of Property
Hodge House
Address
114-5 St Mary Street
Location
Unitary Authority
Cardiff
Community
Castle
Town
Locality
Easting
318172
Northing
176295
Street Side
W
Location
On corner with Guildhall Place.
Description
Broad Class
Commercial
Period
History
Built 1915 on site of Cardiff's Victorian town hall. Built for Co-operative Wholesale Society in a style derived from Edwardian buildings in Regent Street, London.
Exterior
Large Portland Stone faced commercial building in classicising style with French Details. Enriched with cartouches, garlands, relief window aprons etc. Six storeys including attic; square clock tower; on grey plinth of Forest of Dean stone.
St Mary Street frontage of 11 bays. Seven bays of tripartite "Chicago" windows, but paired windows to advanced 2nd and 10th bays, and single windows to narrow end bays. Balustraded parapet, central window, stepped up. Top storey has cornices over windows. Central bay advanced with open pediment, entrance portal (grey stone) with in antis treatment. Channelled ground and first floors. To Guildhall Place, 3 bays as front (including attic), then shallow splayed bay with broad segmentally-arched doorway; two bays without attic plus slightly advanced 1-window bay.
Interior
Modernised.
Reason for designation
Large early C20 commercial development on important corner site. Group value.
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