Images and report from Level 2 Descriptive and Level 1 Visual Historic Building Recording at Cowbridge Road East and Lower Cathedral Road, Cardiff, March 2025

This collection comprises images and a report from a Level 2 Descriptive Historic Building Recording at Cowbridge Road East and Lower Cathedral Road, Cardiff. The work was carried out by Cotswold Archaeology in March 2025. The historic building recording is necessary to make a permanent and accessible record of the buildings prior to demolition and a new development within the site. No building subject to recording is ap>designated historic asset. Nos. 59-65 Cowbridge Road East were constructed after 1881 and before 1891, probably as speculative developments within the rapid urban expansion of Cardiff during the late 19th and early 20th century. Built as four dwellings arranged in two semi-detached blocks, they were 'villas' detailed to appeal to the professional classes with provision for live-in servants. For much of the 20th century the buildings retained a residential function; though by c.1989 all were in a commercial use.The remaining buildings comprise a part of a residential terrace (2-8 Lower Cathedral Road) and a row fronting Cowbridge Road East (numbers 51-57). In all cases, the buildings were present by 1879.