History

Dated 1898. Probably by Edwin Seward, architect, who did adjacent entrance block to Morgan Arcade.

Exterior

Grey Forest of Dean stone banded with red sandstone; terracotta from Cattybrook works, Almondsbury. Three storeys, three bays. Balustraded parapet. Front articulated by banded pilasters (upper floor) and banded columns (first floor).
Relief sandstone panels between floors. No 35 has 4 windows with central pair set slightly forward. Sash windows to top floor; transom windows to first floor, all articulated by banded columns. No 35 has black granite shopfront. No 35 is similar but has, to centre, 2-storey oriel window to upper floors: modern shopfront. No 36 also similar but has braod 2-storey oriel window to upper floors (2 windows facing street; modern shopfront.

Reasons for Listing

Part of exceptional frontage to one of best of Cardiff's stores, with refined use of polychrome materials. Group value

External Links

• Cadwr Listing
• Wikidata Q29498965

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Recommended Books

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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)