The Philharmonic Hall (Squares) is a Grade II listed building in the Cardiff local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 11 November 1980. Music hall. 1 related planning application.
The Philharmonic Hall (Squares)
- WRENN ID
- broken-fireplace-hawk
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cardiff
- Constituency
- Cardiff South and Penarth MP: Stephen Doughty (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 11 November 1980
- Type
- Music hall
- Address
- The Philharmonic Hall (Squares), 79 St Mary Street, Castle, CF10 1FA
- OS grid reference
- ST 183 760
- Coordinates
- 51.47741, -3.17762
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Philharmonic Hall is a three-storey building featuring a front made of Caen stone and yellow brick. It has a classicising facade with a layout of two-three-two bays, which are divided by pilasters and have an entablature on each storey. A pediment sits above the central three bays. The first floor includes round-headed windows with keystones and sash glazing, positioned between pilasters that have Corinthian capitals. The upper floor has segmental-headed windows with keystones, with the central windows being narrow and arranged in pairs.
The ground floor was modernised in 1997 but still retains a pair of Ionic columns flanking the entrance. Originally a Victorian music hall, the pub restaurant has walls that feature Corinthian pilasters supporting an entablature and a deep cove with lunette windows. The ceiling is divided into panels, and there are rebuilt galleries on the sides supported by iron posts. The stage is very shallow and flanked by paired columns, which originally had a large projecting apron. The former stalls have been converted into a modern bar, and the lobbies are designed in a Victorian style.
Local climate
The Philharmonic Hall (Squares) 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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