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33/34, Park Place

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

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.4863 / 51°29'10"N

Longitude: -3.1764 / 3°10'35"W

OS Eastings: 318411

OS Northings: 177026

OS Grid: ST184770

Mapcode National: GBR KJK.Q5

Mapcode Global: VH6F6.WWMZ

Plus Code: 9C3RFRPF+GC

Entry Name: 33/34, Park Place

Listing Date: 30 April 1999

Last Amended: 30 April 1999

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 21711

Building Class: Domestic

Also known as: 33/34,Park Place, Cardiff

ID on this website: 300021711

Location: On corner with Museum Place

County: Cardiff

Community: Castle (Castell)

Community: Castle

Built-Up Area: Cardiff

Traditional County: Glamorgan

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History

Pair of semi-detached houses, probably 1870s, showing influence of Burges' Park House.

Exterior

Asymmetrical pair of semi-detached houses. Pennant stone with extensive bathstone dressings; slate roofs, tiled cresting; stone chimneys. Horned sash glazing. Three storeys and basements. Left house(No 34) has full-height bathstone splayed bay window with hipped roof, to L, catslide dormer, and narrow first floor over Gothic arch to porch which has 3-bay Gothic arcade to Museum Place (similar to Park House) with pink granite columns: steps up to entrance, pierced bathtone balustrade. Gable end has oriel window over porch arcade. Rear block continues down Museum Place, as 3-window block with windows on 4 levels, then lower 3-storey block with doorway.
R house (No 33) has pair of dormers enclosing 2-light windows with Gothic heads; bathstone splayed bay window with hipped roof, to R, set back, steps up to Gothic porch with flanking pink granite columns.

Reasons for Listing

Pair of well-preserved High Victorian middle-class houses in city centre. Group value with adjacent listed buildings.

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