Cranes is a Grade II listed building in the Cardiff local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 19 May 1975. Classical building. 4 related planning applications.
Cranes
- WRENN ID
- low-casement-grain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cardiff
- Constituency
- Cardiff South and Penarth MP: Stephen Doughty (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 19 May 1975
- Type
- Classical building
- Address
- Cranes, 5 High Street, Castle, CF10 1AW
- OS grid reference
- ST 181 764
- Coordinates
- 51.48099, -3.18009
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Cranes is a two-storey classical building constructed in ashlar stone. The upper storey, which has some areas patched with cement and some window dressings removed, features five windows. The central section has three windows and is flanked by an engaged order of two Ionic columns in antis, topped with a pediment. There is a single window on either side, each with a full entablature and blocking. The windows are small-pane hornless sash windows with hoods for blinds. The ground floor is set forward and has been completely remodelled as a shop, featuring a modern shopfront in a simplified Classical style. To the right, there is an entrance to the offices above.
Local climate
Cranes 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2016
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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