Aerial view of Cardiff Bay area (early 2000s); Bute East Dock in the background, the Bay and Roath Basin in the foreground

There are many listed buildings in Cardiff Bay, part of Cardiff, capital city of Wales. A listed building is one considered to be of special architectural, historical or cultural significance, and has restrictions on amendments or demolition. Buildings are listed as either Grade I, II* and II buildings lists, with the Grade I being the most important.[1]

Cardiff Bay describes the redeveloped docklands area of the city, including the neighbourhoods of Butetown and Atlantic Wharf, previously better known as Tiger Bay. It is bounded approximately by the River Taff to the west, the Bute East Dock to the east and the mainline railway to the north.

Key

Grade Criteria[2]
Grade I Buildings of exceptional, usually national, interest (generally the top 2%).
Grade II* Particularly important buildings of more than special interest.
Grade II Buildings of special interest, which warrant every effort being made to preserve them.    

Grade I and II* listed buildings

Name Photograph Grade Date Location Description
Pierhead Building, Harbour Drive Pierhead Building I 1897 Cardiff Bay
51°27′47″N 3°09′44″W / 51.4631°N 3.1622°W / 51.4631; -3.1622 (Pierhead Building) 		Designed by architect William Frame and built from terracotta supplied from North Wales. The building was used by the Bute Dock Company and later the Cardiff Railway Company. Now converted for use as an information and exhibition facility.[3]
Cardiff Bay railway station, Bute Street Cardiff Bay station II* 1840 Butetown
51°28′00″N 3°09′55″W / 51.4666°N 3.1652°W / 51.4666; -3.1652 (Cardiff Bay station)
Coal Exchange Building, Mount Stuart Square Coal Exchange II* 1886 Cardiff Bay
51°27′54″N 3°10′01″W / 51.4650°N 3.1670°W / 51.4650; -3.1670 (Coal Exchange)
Empire House,[4] Mount Stuart Square
Empire House
Empire House
 II* 1926 Cardiff Bay
51°27′55″N 3°09′59″W / 51.4654°N 3.1665°W / 51.4654; -3.1665 (Empire House) 		A five-storey Georgian style building with two additional attic levels, designed by Percy Thomas and Ivor Jones.[5]
National Westminster Bank building,[6] Bute Street
Former NatWest Bank
Former NatWest Bank
 II* 1927 Cardiff Bay
51°27′54″N 3°09′54″W / 51.4650°N 3.1651°W / 51.4650; -3.1651 (Former NatWest Bank)

Grade II listed buildings

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Name Photograph Grade Date Location Description
Aberdare House, Mount Stuart Square Aberdare House II Cardiff Bay
51°27′53″N 3°10′04″W / 51.4647°N 3.1679°W / 51.4647; -3.1679 (Aberdare House) 		Offices created from two 3-storey houses in 1920.[7]
Baltic House,[8] Mount Stuart Square Baltic House II 1915 Cardiff Bay
51°27′52″N 3°10′01″W / 51.4644°N 3.1670°W / 51.4644; -3.1670 (Aberdare House) 		A six-storey building designed by Teather and Wilson in an Edwardian Baroque style. Baltic House faces the main entrance to the Cardiff Coal Exchange.[5]
Bonded Warehouse,[9] Atlantic Wharf Bonded Warehouse II 1861 Atlantic Wharf
51°28′34″N 3°09′51″W / 51.4760°N 3.1642°W / 51.4760; -3.1642 (Bonded Warehouse) 		Four storey brick warehouse building at one end of the Bute East Dock. Constructed using an iron frame. Converted into office accommodation during the 1980s.[10]
Church of St Mary and St Stephen, Bute Street St Mary's II 1843 Butetown
51°28′24″N 3°10′16″W / 51.4732°N 3.1711°W / 51.4732; -3.1711 (St Mary's) 		Church designed by John Foster of Liverpool, with a later addition by Arts and Crafts architect J. D. Sedding.[11]
Cory's Building,[12] Bute Street Cory's Building II 1889 Cardiff Bay
51°27′53″N 3°09′52″W / 51.4646°N 3.1645°W / 51.4646; -3.1645 (Cory's Building) 		Designed by Cardiff architects Bruton & Williams in a Free Italianate Classical style. The five-storey building has internal staircases with iron balustrades.[13]
Eli Jenkins, Bute Crescent Eli Jenkins II 1860s c. 1860s Cardiff Bay
51°27′49″N 3°09′50″W / 51.4637°N 3.1639°W / 51.4637; -3.1639 (Eli Jenkins) 		Mid nineteenth Century, with metal railings.[14]
'D Shed', The Flourish D Shed II 1870s Cardiff Bay The building marked on First Edition Ordnance Survey map (surveyed 1870s) as warehouse beside Bute East Dock Basin. Known as the "D" Shed, it was dismantled in the 1990s, and re-assembled on its present site,[15] opening as Craft in the Bay in June 2002
Locky's Cottage,[16] Harbour Drive Locky's Cottage II Cardiff Bay
51°27′41″N 3°09′34″W / 51.4613°N 3.1595°W / 51.4613; -3.1595 (Locky's Cottage) 		Small stone hut near Roath Basin.
Midland (HSBC) Bank,[16] James Street/Bute Street Midland Bank II 1874 Cardiff Bay
51°27′51″N 3°09′53″W / 51.4641°N 3.1648°W / 51.4641; -3.1648 (Midland Bank) 		Designed by F. Cutlan in a Venetian style, using Bathstone and yellow brick.[17]
Mount Stuart Graving Docks,[18] Stuart Street Graving Dock II 1880s c. 1880s Cardiff Bay
51°27′42″N 3°09′57″W / 51.4616°N 3.1658°W / 51.4616; -3.1658 (Graving Dock) 		Three ship-repairing docks opening into Cardiff Bay.
The Big Windsor (now the 'Spice Merchant'), Stuart Street Previously known as The Big Windsor II 1855 Cardiff Bay
51°27′45″N 3°09′56″W / 51.4624°N 3.1656°W / 51.4624; -3.1656 (The Big Windsor) 		Public house established in 1855 and now trading as an Indian restaurant.[19]

See also

Sources

References

  1. ^ "Buildings & Conservation Areas: Listing". Cadw. 2011. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
  2. ^ Listed Buildings in Wales: What is Listing? (PDF) (third ed.), Cadw, 2005, p. 6, retrieved 19 March 2013
  3. ^ Hannaby, Mark (1 March 2010). "Historic Pierhead building in Cardiff re-opens". BBC News. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
  4. ^ "Empire House, Butetown". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
  5. ^ a b Mount Stuart Square: Conservation Area Appraisal, pages 8 & 16. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
  6. ^ "National Westminster Bank, Butetown". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
  7. ^ Mount Stuart Square, 29 & 29, Aberdare Chambers; Aberdare House, RCAHMW. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
  8. ^ "Baltic House, Butetown". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
  9. ^ "Bonded Warehouse, Butetown". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
  10. ^ Bonded Warehouse, Bute East Dock, RCAHMW. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
  11. ^ "St Mary the Virgin & St Stephen the Martyr Church, Bute Street". RCAHMW. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
  12. ^ "Cory's Building, Butetown". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
  13. ^ Cory's Building, Bute Street, Butetown, Cardiff, RCAHMW. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
  14. ^ Bute Crescent 7, Butetown, Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
  15. ^ "Former Warehouse (The "D" Shed)". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  16. ^ a b "Midland Bank, Butetown". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
  17. ^ Midland Bank, 100 Bute Street, Butetown, Cardiff, RCAHMW. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
  18. ^ "Mount Stuart Graving Dock No.2, Butetown". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
  19. ^ Lee, Brian (20 January 2012). "Brian Lee remembers the long lost pubs of Cardiff's docks". South Wales Echo. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
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