History

Circa 1858. Probably by Alexander Roos, architect to Bute Estate. Original houses from Mount Stuart Dquare development later adapted for business use.

Exterior

Each of three storeys, one window-bay. Slate roofs, brick chimneys. Stucco, with some scribing in imitation of ashlar, rusticated ground floor with shallow plinth. Cornice and parapet. Second floor windows broad tripartite, with cornice at sill level over first floor windows of Venetian type with tripartite openings articulated by Doric pilasters, and shell motif in small tympanum above. Cornice above rusticated ground floor. Ground floor of No 6 largely unaltered and has segmental-headed doorway with stucco voussoirs and to its right three light window. Ground floor of No 7 has window with two light light modern glazing and (to R), wide passageway (created in 1889) through to West Bute Street. Modern entrance doorway to No 7 immediately to L in passage.

Reasons for Listing

A significant survivor of the oldest domestic buildings in Mount Stuart Square, converted to commercial use. Group value.

External Links

• Cadwr Listing
• Wikidata Q29491872

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

• 
  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
• 
  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
• 
  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)