Gardens · South Wales
Portland House
Portland House — a garden in wales-south, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2.5 h
- Best time of year
- Spring & summer (Apr–Sep)
About
Portland House is a garden of interest in wales-south, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Portland House, Bute Street is a former bank building in Butetown, Cardiff, Wales. Completed in 1927, the building was designed for the National Provincial Bank by their in-house architectural team, F. C. R. Palmer and W. F. C. Holden. Cadw considers it "amongst the finest of its style in Wales". Portland House is a Grade II* listed building. After a period of near dereliction, it was converted to an events venue in the early 21st century.
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Background
History
The area of Butetown was developed from the early 19th century by John Crichton-Stuart, 2nd Marquess of Bute, and by his son, the 3rd marquess. Together they constructed the docks which enabled the export of iron and coal from the South Wales Valleys. While the docks themselves were not especially profitable, the enormous increases in the tonnage of iron, steel and coal exported through them made the Butes immensely wealthy. Portland House was built in 1926-1927 for the National Provincial Bank. It stands on Bute Street to the east of Mount Stuart Square. The architects were F. C. R. Palmer and W. F. C. Holden, who formed the bank's in-house architectural team. The docks traffic was already…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 51.4655, -3.1664
- Address
- Butetown, Cardiff, Glamorgan
- Established
- 1926
- Official site
- www.glee.co.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q17741014 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Portland House, Cardiff (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Portland House?
- Portland House is in South Wales, United Kingdom.
- When was Portland House built?
- Built or established in 1926.
- Who owns Portland House?
- Portland House is owned by Privately owned.