Former H.M.Customs and Excise Office is a Grade II listed building in the Cardiff local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 20 August 1992. Office.

Former H.M.Customs and Excise Office

WRENN ID
ragged-obsidian-evening
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cardiff
Constituency
Cardiff South and Penarth MP: Stephen Doughty (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
20 August 1992
Type
Office
Address
Former H.M.Customs and Excise Office, Inner Harbour Area, Butetown
OS grid reference
ST 194 743
Coordinates
51.46238, -3.1615
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The former H.M. Customs and Excise Office is a Neo-Tudor building that stands two storeys tall. It is constructed from thinly coursed local rubble, accented with pale sandstone dressings. The building features a distinctive crenellated parapet, quoins, and a cornice band. The front façade includes four-centred arched horned 12-pane sash windows with freestone surrounds, although the left-hand window has been blocked up. A tall central porch mirrors the parapet and includes blind heraldic panels, where the coats of arms are missing. To the left side of the porch, there are narrower windows and a boarded door entrance. The end elevations each have one window with similar sash designs. The rear of the building is rendered and has blocked doorways towards the right on each floor.

Local climate

Former H.M.Customs and Excise Office sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,080 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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