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Latitude: 51.4777 / 51°28'39"N
Longitude: -3.176 / 3°10'33"W
OS Eastings: 318423
OS Northings: 176072
OS Grid: ST184760
Mapcode National: GBR KJN.T7
Mapcode Global: VH6FD.W4T0
Plus Code: 9C3RFRHF+3H
Entry Name: Former Perkins Bros. Warehouses, 11 Mill Lane
Listing Date: 30 April 1999
Last Amended: 28 September 2020
Grade: II
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 21687
Building Class: Commercial
ID on this website: 300021687
Location: To L of entrance block of Wyndham Arcade.
County: Cardiff
Community: Castle (Castell)
Community: Castle
Built-Up Area: Cardiff
Traditional County: Glamorgan
Tagged with: Architectural structure
Mill Lane follows the former course of medieval Cardiff’s wall and moat, the moat being incorporated into the Glamorganshire Canal from 1794. 11 Mill Lane was originally a pair of warehouses built 1893 for Perkins Bros. at canal side location, to the rear of their retail outlets in Wyndham Arcade and on St Mary Street. Cardiff-born architect JP Jones (1851-1893) designed many of Victorian Cardiff’s commercial buildings and was also a Captain of Cardiff Cricket Club and Treasurer of Cardiff Football Club. Perkins Bros. began as a local ironmongers in the 1880s and developed into a home furniture business, becoming Perkins and Seward Ltd. in 1918. The warehouses were originally separated by an open yard between Mill Lane and St Mary Street. Modified internally and linked together in 1950 during redevelopment as Showrooms and Offices, with the introduction of an elevator. Became the Continental restaurant in 1980s.
Gabled warehouse type front to Mill Lane; rendered and painted. Five storeys plus loading door in gable apex. Five camber-headed sash windows to each floor.
Ground floor has modern continental style cafe front. Long brick side elevation with camber-headed windows; slate roof.
Not inspected.
Included for special historic interest as a former warehouse associated with the Glamorganshire Canal. Group value with Wyndham Arcade and 10 Mill Lane, also by JP Jones.
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