West Lodge, Cardiff Castle

West Lodge and gateway to Bute Park

The West Lodge to Cardiff Castle is a Grade II* listed building, currently used as a tea room, in the centre of Cardiff, Wales. It is approximately 100 metres (330 ft) west of the Castle, with the Animal Wall running in-between.

West Lodge was designed by architect Alexander Roos for the 3rd Marquess of Bute and built 1860-63 to the west of Cardiff Castle as a decorative gatehouse to the Bute estate.[1] The Lodge is to the east of a pedestrian gateway and a much larger broad gateway with wooden gates, which are flanked to the west by a slim turret. All are built in grey stone in a Gothic style with crenelated parapets above.[1]

The West Lodge was given a Grade II* heritage listing in 1952, being an "integral part of the development of Cardiff Castle and Bute Park" and having a group value with the nearby Animal Wall.[1]

As part of a £5.6 million Bute Park restoration project, the West Lodge was converted into tea-rooms and gift shop in 2012. It opened to the public on 23 March with a special tile laying ceremony. Victorian floor tiles had been laid in the tea rooms, which had been recovered from the nearby ruins of Blackfriars Friary in 1977.[2] The West Lodge was renamed as Pettigrew Tea Rooms, with 'Pettigrew' coming from the name of the 3rd Marquis of Bute's head gardener,[2] Andrew Pettigrew.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "West Lodge to Cardiff Castle, including attached Walls & Gateway, Castle". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  2. 1 2 Henry, Graham (24 March 2012). "Bute Park's historic West Lodge reopens as Pettigrew Tea Rooms". Wales Online. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  3. Rowland, Paul (8 March 2016). "These are the stories behind Cardiff's most interesting street and place names". Wales Online. Retrieved 21 April 2016.

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Coordinates: 51°28′52″N 3°11′05″W / 51.4812°N 3.1846°W / 51.4812; -3.1846

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