Pierhead building in Cardiff Bay, South Glamorgan, South Wales, UK
by Neale And Judith Clark
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Pierhead building in Cardiff Bay, South Glamorgan, South Wales, UK
Artist
Neale And Judith Clark
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Photograph - Photography
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Cardiff bay Wales - The restored Pierhead building in Cardiff Bay at night, Cardiff, South Glamorgan, South Wales, GB, UK, Europe
Alamy ref:DBE6NW
The Pierhead Building (Welsh: Adeilad y Pierhead) is a Grade I listed building in Cardiff Bay, Wales. One of Cardiff's most familiar landmarks, it was built in 1897 as the headquarters for the Bute Dock Company.
The clock on the building is unofficially known as the "Baby Big Ben" or the "Big Ben of Wales".
The building was built in 1897 and designed by the English architect William Frame.
The Bute Dock Company was renamed the Cardiff Railway Company in 1897. A coat of arms on the building's façade bears the company's motto "Wrth ddŵr a thân" ("by water and fire"), encapsulating the elements creating the steam power which transformed Wales.
Incorporating a French-Gothic Renaissance theme, the Pierhead boasts details such as hexagonal chimneys, carved friezes, gargoyles, and a highly ornamental and distinctive clock tower. Its exterior is finished in glazed terracotta blocks supplied at the end of the 19th century by J. C. Edwards & Co. of Acrefair, near Ruabon in Wrexham County Borough; they were once described as one of the most successful producers of terracotta in the world. These features, along with the Pierhead's role in the development of the docks, Cardiff and industrial Wales, earned it the status of a Grade I listed building.
On 1 March 2010 the building re-opened again to the public as a Welsh history museum and exhibition.
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