Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
21684
Building Number
1
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
30/04/1999
Date of Amendment
30/04/1999
Name of Property
Borough Chambers
Address
1 Wharton Street
Location
Unitary Authority
Cardiff
Community
Castle
Town
Locality
Easting
318295
Northing
176250
Street Side
S
Location
Near corner with St Mary Street.
Description
Broad Class
Commercial
Period
History
Late Victorian development of shops with Chambers over. The architect Col E M Bruce Vaughan had his offices here at turn of century.
Exterior
Three storey, four window block. Yellow and red brick bands with bathstone oriel windows; slate roof, tall red brick chimneys. On first and second floors, 4 bathstone oriel windows on brackets; relief aprons between floors. On ground floor, to R, doorway with bracketed hood and inscription "Borough Chambers"; arched doorway; to L modernised shopfronts between stone pilasters with florl capitals, and brackets with garlands to cornice.
Interior
Reason for designation
Well-designed Victorian commercial block with group value with adjacent buildings.
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