Cymric Buildings

Cymric Buildings is a five-storey structure with an attic and basement, featuring a total of eight bays. The south elevation has modern glazing and a hipped slate roof with windows. The fourth floor, situated above a cornice, showcases tripartite windows with triangular pediments at the end and in the central bay. The first, second, and third floors are distinguished by giant pilasters with Ionic-derived capitals, adorned with dolphins, sea monsters, walruses, and other symbols of trade, with dolphins positioned towards the bases. The tripartite windows on these floors have shallow architraves, while the central windows feature shallow bows. The ground floor is characterized by a band of large keystones above camber-headed tripartite windows. The central doorway is topped with a 'Roman bath' tripartite light and flanked by pilasters that depict ships and anchor chains in Ionic-derived capitals. The basement windows are three-light with decorative iron grilles, and the end windows have taller pedimented central openings. The eastern elevation mirrors this style, comprising eight bays in total, with four bays on the left belonging to the Cambrian Buildings and the remaining bays part of the Cymric Buildings. The entrance doorway is located in the fifth bay, with two windows above it. The doorway is framed in Portland stone, which also surrounds the basement windows on the right that feature keystoned voussoir lintels.