Restaurant (Exchange Buildings), Castle (Castell), Swansea

Entry Name: Restaurant (Exchange Buildings)

Listing Date: 30 March 1987

Last Amended: 30 March 1987

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 11556

Building Class: Commercial

ID on this website: 300011556

Location: Occupying a large corner site at Adelaide Street and Cambrian Place overlooking the Royal Institution.

County: Swansea

Community: Castle (Castell)

Community: Waterfront / Y Glannau

Built-Up Area: Swansea

Traditional County: Glamorgan

Tagged with: Architectural structure

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History

Dated 1913-14. Designed by Charles T Ruthen, architect of Swansea. Henry Billings and Sons, contractor. Edwardian classicism.

Exterior

Main symmetrical curving façade with advanced centre and ends to Cambrian Place. 3 storeys with attic and basement. Portland stone with channelled rustication to centre, ends and ground floor; granite plinth; red brick to sides and rear.

3-bay frontispiece with pilastered attic storey and entablature supporting clock aedicule with swags, keystone and flanking volutes. Balustraded parapets link to outer bays with keyblocked open pediments and attic thermal windows. Main modillion cornice, giant tetrastyle Ionic half-columns in antis over main entrance; 3 bay loggia with modillion cornice and centre open pediment with Swansea arms, pair of blocked columns.

Upper storeys with linked architraves, cross-windows, aprons (swagged to outer bays); keyblocked arched windows to ground floor; grilles to basement. Right hand entrance with cavetto arched opening and inset lugged and blocked architrave, double panelled doors under tablet. Low screen wall to right with arched entry under 1914 keyblock, arched fanlight and double ironwork gates.

Symmetrical 5-bay W façade with advanced ends, detailing as before. Centre and left hand doorways up steps, double panelled doors under tablets, balustered area parapets. Lower screen wall to left as Cambrian Place.

Interior

Coffered ceiling and panelled pilasters to main entrance, timber commissionaires box on right, leading to 1 storey exchange hall with cantilevered upper walls (formerly open to roof?). Pilastered and panelled dados, round central light with Chamber of Commerce panel, half-glazed doors etc.

Reasons for Listing

Group value.

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Restaurant (Exchange Buildings)

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

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