Workmen's Hut at Sea Lock to Roath Basin is a Grade II listed building in the Cardiff local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 20 August 1992. Hall.

Workmen's Hut at Sea Lock to Roath Basin

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cardiff
Constituency
Cardiff South and Penarth MP: Stephen Doughty (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
20 August 1992
Type
Hall
Address
Workmen's Hut at Sea Lock to Roath Basin, Inner Harbour Area, Butetown
OS grid reference
ST 194 742
Coordinates
51.46114, -3.16062
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Workmen's Hut at the Sea Lock to Roath Basin is a single-storey building constructed with snecked brown stone and features a slate roof. The elevation facing the lock has a more shallow rock-facing. A chimney made of rock-faced brown stone is present. This elevation includes a central casement window with a stone lintel and sill, flanked by two doorways, each also with stone lintels. The gable ends have single windows with fixed glazing, while the rear elevation has no openings.

Local climate

Workmen's Hut at Sea Lock to Roath Basin 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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