Cardiff Castle, Cardiff

formerly in: Glamorgan


N.B.Position of marker is approximate and does not necessarily show the exact location of the site.

Site OS Grid Ref: ST179765

Private Residence

The Norman castle on the site of a Roman fort was enlarged and rebuilt for John Crichton-Stuart, the second marquess of Bute in the early nineteenth century. In 1868 the third marquess commissioned William Burges to rebuild the castle again, into what became a remarkable vision of Victorian Gothic fantasy.

Castle website.


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People associated with this site
   as architect: William Burges
   as patron: John Patrick Crichton-Stuart


Artworks at this site:
  St John the Divine St John the Divine
patron: John Patrick Crichton-Stuart
artist: Ceccardo Fucigna
firm/studio: J Barkentin
about 1875
Cardiff Castle, Cardiff
Lord Bute's bedroom
  The Visit of the Three Angels to Abraham and Sarah The Visit of the Three Angels to Abraham and Sarah
designer: William Burges
patron: John Patrick Crichton-Stuart
artist: Thomas Nicholls
about 1872
Cardiff Castle, Cardiff
Private Dining Room
  Scenes from the Life of Abraham Scenes from the Life of Abraham
firm/studio: Saunders & Co.
patron: John Patrick Crichton-Stuart
designer: Horatio Walter Lonsdale
about 1873
Cardiff Castle, Cardiff
Private Dining Room
  Angels Holding the Seven Churches of the Revelation of St John Angels Holding the Seven Churches of the Revelation of St John
patron: John Patrick Crichton-Stuart
firm/studio: Lavers, Barraud & Westlake
designer: Nathaniel Hubert John Westlake
about 1876
Cardiff Castle, Cardiff
Lord Bute's bedroom
  Virgin and Child Virgin and Child
artist: Ceccardo Fucigna
about 1875
Cardiff Castle, Cardiff
Bute Tower roof garden
  Scenes from the First Book of Kings Scenes from the First Book of Kings
designer: Horatio Walter Lonsdale
firm/studio: W. B. Simpson & Sons
about 1875
Cardiff Castle, Cardiff
Bute Tower roof garden
  Hosea and Obadiah    from    Characters from the Old Testament Hosea and Obadiah
from Characters from the Old Testament

firm/studio: Saunders & Co.
designer: Charles Campbell
about 1875-1885
Cardiff Castle, Cardiff
Library
  St Matthew the Evangelist    from    The Four Evangelists St Matthew the Evangelist
from The Four Evangelists

firm/studio: Saunders & Co.
designer: Charles Campbell
about 1875-1885
Cardiff Castle, Cardiff
Library
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