Wyndham Arcade-Nos 1-39 (Odd) & Nos 4-32 (Even) is a Grade II listed building in the Cardiff local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 9 June 1988. Arcade.

Wyndham Arcade-Nos 1-39 (Odd) & Nos 4-32 (Even)

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cardiff
Country
Wales
Date first listed
9 June 1988
Type
Arcade
Source
Cadw listing

Description

Three storey, 7-bay rogue Italianate facade in painted brick with stone and stucco window bays and other decorations. Slate roofs with ridge cresting and single brick stack towards right end. Raised pedimented gable with ball finial, tripartite arched windows plus flanking balustered parapets linked to second floor windows with flanking aedicules corbelled over wide and high arcade entry. "WYNDHAM 1887 ARCADE" inscribed within elliptical arching. Four bay pilastered frontage to left, corbelled bipartite bays linked vertically with arched heads (formerly with ball finials) breaking through eaves cornice; sash windows with small pane glazing to heads. Arched finials to good floor cornice on paired brackets over shop fronts with modern fascia boards. Similar 2-bay frontage to right. Two-storey entry to original, mildly classical arcade with (modern) triangular glazed roof supported by arched cast-iron brackets with traceried spandrels and "hopper" capitals. Bracket cornice steps up towards St Mary Street end. Mostly 3-light timber windows with small-pane upper glazing on first floor. Moulded cornices with fluted end brackets to shop fascias (some covered by modern boards); moulded surrounds with single mullions and roll-mounbted sills to pilastered shop fronts with offset doorways under fanlights. Modern security shutter and boxes to most.

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