The Queen's & Royal Garage is a Grade II listed building in the Cardiff local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 18 June 1990. Manse. 1 related planning application.
The Queen's & Royal Garage
- WRENN ID
- gaunt-screen-equinox
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cardiff
- Constituency
- Cardiff South and Penarth MP: Stephen Doughty (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 18 June 1990
- Type
- Manse
- Address
- The Queen's & Royal Garage, Castle, CF10 1EB
- OS grid reference
- ST 181 762
- Coordinates
- 51.47911, -3.17956
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Queen's & Royal Garage is a garage building dating from the early 20th century. It’s constructed from cast concrete on a steel frame, with internal brick dividing walls. The facade is painted, featuring exuberant moulded panels to the ornamental pediment, with brickwork cappings that are also painted. The segmental pediment has a raised central panel supporting a pedestal with a low relief depiction of a winged torch. Decorative lettering reading "CARWAYS AIRWAYS" is displayed on backgrounds depicting lightning, curving around a coach and aeroplane in low relief. Below, raised serif lettering spells out "THE QUEEN'S & ROYAL GARAGE." Plain fascia is present over the main piers, featuring banded capitals and incised rectilinear panels that nearly alternate to the centres and step up towards the middle of the facade. A black plinth includes a short section of the original handrail, incorporating an arched motif leading to the recessed forecourt and garage entrance. The left end retains its original fanlight, while the right end has a modern infill to create a taxi office. At the rear, the garage has a segmental trussed metal and glazed roof.
Local climate
The Queen's & Royal Garage 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 2005
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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