Spillers and Bakers is a Grade II listed building in the Cardiff local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 20 August 1992. Warehouse. 1 related planning application.

Spillers and Bakers

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cardiff
Country
Wales
Date first listed
20 August 1992
Type
Warehouse
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Spillers and Bakers is a five-storey building with a double-height ground floor and a penthouse storey, constructed in 1893. The north-west elevation features snecked small blocks of brown stone, with red brick dressings and both vertical and horizontal detailing. A red brick plinth and cornice, along with some pale limestone details, enhance the façade. The modern small-pane glazing complements the overall design. The building has a triangular plan with a curved side and rounded corners on the north-west elevation.

The roof is asymmetrical and covered with modern materials, featuring windows for the penthouse flats. A red brick parapet includes a central stepped section that displays the inscription 'Spillers and Bakers Ltd' along with the date '1893'. Above this inscription is a shaped gable with a carved relief of a sheaf of corn. The north-west elevation has fifteen window bays, with the first and tenth bays from the left previously serving as full-height loading bays, now converted to glazed balconies. The attic storey has camber-headed windows, four of which are located beneath the inscription and feature keystones. Below this, a limestone dentil cornice is present, followed by four storeys of windows that align with the attic storey but lack keystones. The windows on the next lower storey are set in deeper surrounds.

The ground floor is generally double-height, with tall round-headed arches. The sixth and seventh bays from the left now serve as an entrance with a modern canopy, while the second and eleventh bays from the left have two storeys, featuring a round window above a camber-headed window.

The south elevation is a simpler version of the same style, constructed from rubble with less red brick detailing and a more varied arrangement of openings, which still have red brick dressings. This elevation has up to sixteen window bays on the top floor, with the fifth and thirteenth bays from the left serving as full-height loading bays.

The east elevation features a rounded gable with limestone coping and is made of rubble with red brick dressings and quoins at the south-east corner. It has seven storeys plus two in the gable, with eight bays in total. The fourth and seventh bays from the left were tall loading bays. The gable apex contains a triple window with camber-headed openings. Below this, the head of a former loading bay is flanked by triple and quadruple windows, all with camber-headed designs, with paired windows to the left and right of the left loading bay and single windows elsewhere. The first-floor end windows are circular.

The building was converted into flats in the late 1980s.

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