Duke Street Arcade, including 11 and 12 Duke Street is a Grade II listed building in the Cardiff local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 31 March 1999. Arcade.
Duke Street Arcade, including 11 and 12 Duke Street
- WRENN ID
- turning-steel-briar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cardiff
- Constituency
- Cardiff South and Penarth MP: Stephen Doughty (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 31 March 1999
- Type
- Arcade
- Address
- Duke Street Arcade, including 11 and 12 Duke Street, Castle
- OS grid reference
- ST 182 764
- Coordinates
- 51.48098, -3.17914
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Duke Street Arcade, which includes 11 and 12 Duke Street, is a building constructed from grey brown Forest of Dean ashlar with a slate roof and red brick chimneys. It stands three storeys high and features three windows. The upper storeys are highlighted by pilasters, and there is a dentil cornice at the parapet topped with pinnacles. The second floor has tripartite windows with colonettes, while the first floor boasts three large arched windows with keystones and splayed display windows. A deep fascia board is positioned above the central entrance, which is flanked by shops numbered 11 and 12 Duke Street.
The arcade itself runs south to connect with High Street Arcade, with even numbers on the west side and odd numbers on the east side, leading to number 13. The arcade features a glazed roof supported by slim iron girders. The shopfronts are designed with panelled, classically-derived pilasters, and the upper floors have 4-light mullion and transom windows. There is an archway with a wooden Art-Nouveau rail. At the southern end, there is a return featuring a 3-light mullion and transom window with a lunette above. Notably, the shop front at 12 Duke Street (Jotham's) has metal framing for large glass windows with convex corners and tops, including one window facing Duke Street and a doorway with three windows leading into the arcade.
Local climate
Duke Street Arcade, including 11 and 12 Duke Street 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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