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Borough Chambers

A Grade II Listed Building in Castle (Castell), Cardiff

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.4793 / 51°28'45"N

Longitude: -3.1779 / 3°10'40"W

OS Eastings: 318295

OS Northings: 176250

OS Grid: ST182762

Mapcode National: GBR KJM.DP

Mapcode Global: VH6FD.V2TT

Plus Code: 9C3RFRHC+PR

Entry Name: Borough Chambers

Listing Date: 30 April 1999

Last Amended: 30 April 1999

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 21684

Building Class: Commercial

ID on this website: 300021684

Location: Near corner with St Mary Street.

County: Cardiff

Community: Castle (Castell)

Community: Castle

Built-Up Area: Cardiff

Traditional County: Glamorgan

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History

Late Victorian development of shops with Chambers over. The architect Col E M Bruce Vaughan had his offices here at turn of century.

Exterior

Three storey, four window block. Yellow and red brick bands with bathstone oriel windows; slate roof, tall red brick chimneys. On first and second floors, 4 bathstone oriel windows on brackets; relief aprons between floors. On ground floor, to R, doorway with bracketed hood and inscription "Borough Chambers"; arched doorway; to L modernised shopfronts between stone pilasters with florl capitals, and brackets with garlands to cornice.

Reasons for Listing

Well-designed Victorian commercial block with group value with adjacent buildings.

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