Temple of Peace & Health, Castle (Castell), Cardiff

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.4873 / 51°29'14"N

Longitude: -3.1832 / 3°10'59"W

OS Eastings: 317942

OS Northings: 177150

OS Grid: ST179771

Mapcode National: GBR KHJ.6S

Mapcode Global: VH6F6.SW06

Plus Code: 9C3RFRP8+WP

Entry Name: Temple of Peace & Health

Listing Date: 19 May 1975

Last Amended: 30 April 1999

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 13740

Building Class: Institutional

Also known as: Template of Peace, Cardiff
Welsh National Temple of Peace and Health
Y Deml Heddwch
Welsh Temple of Peace and Health

ID on this website: 300013740

Location: To R of Bute Building, facing Welsh Office building.

County: Cardiff

Community: Castle (Castell)

Community: Castle

Built-Up Area: Cardiff

Traditional County: Glamorgan

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History

1937-8; by Sir Percy Thomas. A building of classical proportions but with indirect reference only to details of classical orders, rather in the manner of public buildings in Germany and Italy in the 1930s. Conceived by Lord Davies of Llandinam to promote peace and health as memorial to fallen in Great War.

Exterior

Portland stone ashlar, pantiled roofs. Entrance (NE) elevation has high centre block flanked by 2-storey wings. Centre has portico with 4 square pillars supporting slab entablature with roundels and flat modillion cornice. Tall bronze window frames (central frame runs down as doorframe). To either side, 6 bay wing with hipped tiled roof with ridge lower than parapet of centre block; projecting cornice; tall rectangular windows to ground and first floors; much shallower windows to basement (small-pane metal casements). Behind centre, at right angle, hall.

Interior

Lobby and vestibule with coloured marble floor and facings. Temple-like hall with fluted piers of black Italian marble, veined with gold; coffered ceiling painted green and gold; tall side windows line narrow aisles. Small vaulted chapel in crypt below.

Reasons for Listing

Listed as striking building by South Wales' leading architect of C20, a rare example of this style in Wales. Group value with other listed buildings in Cathays Park.

External Links

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Other nearby listed buildings

II Bute Building
Between Temple of Peace and Health and Glamorgan County Hall
II Welsh Office Building (Crown Building)
At N end of Cathays Park, facing S onto N side of Alexandra Gardens.
II Colonnade and gateways at S end of Queen Anne Square
Opposite the junction with King Edward VII Avenue.
II Statue of Lord Aberdare
To NE of National War Memorial
I Former Glamorgan County Hall
Between Bute Building (N) and University Registry (S), with extension backing on to registry.
II Aberdare Hall including attached NE wing at rear
Set back from the road E of the entrance to Queen Anne Square.
II Sculpture in forecourt of Department of Music, Cardiff University
On the W side of the entrance to the Department of Music.
II* Welsh National War Memorial
In centre of Alexandra Gardens.

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Temple of Peace & Health

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