ST DAVID'S ROMAN CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL CHURCH, CHARLES STREET, CARDIFF
Site Details
NPRN 9311
Map Reference ST17NE
Grid Reference ST1856976429
Unitary (Local) Authority Cardiff
Old County Glamorgan
Community Castle (Cardiff)
Type of Site CATHEDRAL, CHURCH
Broad Class RELIGIOUS RITUAL AND FUNERARY
Period Post Medieval
Site Description St David's Cathedral was built between 1884-1887 by Pugin and Pugin, architects. It was built as a Roman Catholic parish church and raised to cathedral status 1920; the church was gutted after incendiary bomb attack in 1941. The restoration was carried out in the 1950s by F R Bates, Son, and Price and the church was reopened in March 1959. It is a Gothic building of serious, severe Early English design; built of coursed rock-faced Pennant stone with red sandstone ashlar dressings.
Reference: Cadw listed buildings database.
