Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
21712
Building Number
Grade
II*
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
30/04/1999
Date of Amendment
30/04/1999
Name of Property
Entrance Block to Castle Arcade
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Cardiff
Community
Castle
Town
Locality
Easting
318132
Northing
176398
Street Side
W
Location
Almost opposite entrance of High Street Arcade.
Description
Broad Class
Commercial
Period
History
Circa 1887.
Exterior
Four storey block of 9 windows arranged 2-2-1-2-2 in shallow bays; horned sash windows. Pressed yellow brick; bathstone dressings (painted), slate roof; end bays with steeply-pitched pavilion roofs with round-arched dormer windows. Bracketed cornice with medallion frieze. Round arched windows to top floor, camber-headed windows to 1st and 2nd floors, colonettes, relief aprons. Centre has 2 storey splayed oriel window to 1st and 2nd floors. Round arched entrance to arcade with relief spandrels; flanking modern shopfronts.
Interior
Reason for designation
Entrance block to finest of Cardiff's shopping arcades.
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