Listed buildings in Cardiff Bay

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]

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

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		I	1897	Cardiff Bay 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		II*	1840	Butetown 51.4666°N 3.1652°W / 51.4666; -3.1652 (Cardiff Bay station)
Coal Exchange Building, Mount Stuart Square		II*	1886	Cardiff Bay 51.4650°N 3.1670°W / 51.4650; -3.1670 (Coal Exchange)
Empire House,[4] Mount Stuart Square	Empire House	II*	1926	Cardiff Bay 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]
Portland House, former National Westminster Bank building,[6] Bute Street	Former NatWest Bank	II*	1927	Cardiff Bay 51.4650°N 3.1651°W / 51.4650; -3.1651 (Former NatWest Bank)

Grade II listed buildings

Name	Photograph	Grade	Date	Location	Description
Aberdare House, Mount Stuart Square		II		Cardiff Bay 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		II	1915	Cardiff Bay 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		II	1861	Atlantic Wharf 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		II	1843	Butetown 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		II	1889	Cardiff Bay 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		II	1860s c. 1860s	Cardiff Bay 51.4637°N 3.1639°W / 51.4637; -3.1639 (Eli Jenkins)	Mid nineteenth Century, with metal railings.[14]
'D Shed', The Flourish		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		II		Cardiff Bay 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		II	1874	Cardiff Bay 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		II	1880s c. 1880s	Cardiff Bay 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		II	1855	Cardiff Bay 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

• Listed buildings in Cardiff
• Architecture of Cardiff

Sources

• Butetown, Cardiff, BritishListedBuildings.co.uk
• Mount Stuart Square: Conservation Area Appraisal (PDF), Strategic Planning & Environment, Cardiff Council (2009)
• Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales (RCAHMW) website listings