Latitude: 51.4787 / 51°28'43"N
Longitude: -3.1799 / 3°10'47"W
OS Eastings: 318159
OS Northings: 176191
OS Grid: ST181761
Mapcode National: GBR KHM.YW
Mapcode Global: VH6FD.T3S7
Plus Code: 9C3RFRHC+F3
Entry Name: County Court Offices
Listing Date: 19 May 1975
Last Amended: 30 April 1999
Grade: II
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 13826
Building Class: Civil
ID on this website: 300013826
Location: Attached on N side of Head Post Office.
County: Cardiff
Community: Castle (Castell)
Community: Castle
Built-Up Area: Cardiff
Traditional County: Glamorgan
Tagged with: Courthouse
Dated 1904.
Rich, free classical design in Portland Stone. Three main storeys. Steep slate roofs; small lantern, octagonal cupola. Entrances in slightly advanced end bays with separate roofs with balustrade between, broken by pedimented panel with carved Royal Arms. The end bays have open segmental pediments with cartouches and columns enclosing windows with shallow balconies with iron frontals. At first floor level, casement windows in architrave with blocking. Steps up to recessed doorways with lugged architrave, panel above, panelled wooden doors. Three central bays have at 2nd floor level, paired sash windows, at 1st floor level, 3 casement windows in architraves with open pediments enclosing cartouches. Ground floor has 3 elliptically arched windows with cartouches to spandrels.
Plain north return of red brick now exposed.
Prominent Edwardian public building with well-handled classical idiom. Group value.
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