The Probate Registry, Llandaff, was built in 1860-3 as the National Probate Registry for Wales by John Pritchard, architect. The building is constructed with thin courses of squared grey roughly dressed Pennant sandstone with bands of Bridgend stone and with Bath limestone ashlar dressings and a Welsh slate roof. It is a Gothic Revival building of two storeys and with four bays, the southernmost bay comprising a slightly projecting cross wing with hipped roof of very steep pitch and with a slightly lower eaves level; this wing is single storey with a higher floor level and contains the public office. The third bay has a trefoil headed porch with a trefoil headed canopy.

A commercial type building of such elaborate design outside a city centre is unusual for this date and reflects on the importance of its function. The building was converted for modern office use c1990.

(Source: Cadw Listings database) S Garfi 18/10/06