Today’s #MaritimeMonday post visits an iconic #Cardiff landmark: the Bute Docks offices, a magnificent Pierhead Building, erected in 1896 as dock offices for the Bute Dock Company. @RC_Archives 1/4 
It is a two storey #Gothic building faced with red brick and terracotta. There is an embattled clock tower over the main entrance and a fine terracotta panel on the west face. 2/4
The Port Manager's Office is on the first floor, which features an ornamental chimneypiece with canopy, castellation, foliated columns, and herringbone tiles to the back. There is an original iron spiral staircase to the clock tower. 3/4
Bute West Dock (now filled in) opened in 1839 and East Dock (shown here in 1995) between 1855 and 1859. The Pierhead Building, Grade I listed, is now part of the Senedd estate. 4/4 coflein.gov.uk/en/site/34241?…
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