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Latitude: 51.7119 / 51°42'42"N
Longitude: -3.4432 / 3°26'35"W
OS Eastings: 300384
OS Northings: 202448
OS Grid: SO003024
Mapcode National: GBR HL.36MJ
Mapcode Global: VH6D3.87KH
Plus Code: 9C3RPH64+QP
Entry Name: Bute Chambers
Listing Date: 10 January 1991
Last Amended: 12 February 2021
Grade: II
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 10832
Building Class: Commercial
ID on this website: 300010832
Location: At the curved corner of Bute Street and Cross Street, on sloping site.
County: Rhondda Cynon Taff
Community: Aberdare (Aberdâr)
Community: Aberdare East
Built-Up Area: Aberdare
Traditional County: Glamorgan
Tagged with: Architectural structure
Early C19 commercial property. Formerly a clothes factory and probable shop outlet for local retailers W Hodges and Sons. Latterly a homeless charity and solicitors office.
Late Georgian 3-storey building with 2-window front to Cross Street, l-window curved corner and 4-window side to Bute Street, cement rendered. Hipped modern tiled roof with wide boarded eaves and cement rendered chimney stack to left. Small pane sash windows - horned except for the 2 bays to left of the corner; corner windows are curved and 1st floor one is tripartite. Modern windows on ground floor and first floor extreme left on Bute Street elevation, the latter at least in original opening. Simple classical shopfront across the whole Cross Street elevation and just returned around the corner; bracket cornice and partly fluted pilasters. Half glazed door across the corner flanked by modern cross frame and single light windows, central doorway to Cross Street front flanked by horned small pane sash and modern window. 2 window extension uphill on Cross Street front.
Not Inspected, but reordered in late C20 as office space.
Listed for it special historic and architectural interest as a late Georgian commercial property, retaining strong character and some good external detail.
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