Portland House
Portland House, Bute Street is a former bank building in Butetown, Cardiff, Wales. Completed in 1927, the building was designed for the National Provincial Bank by their in-house architectural team, F.Photo: Ham, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Opening hours: 24/7
- Type: Building
- Description: building in Cardiff, Wales
- Also known as: “113–116 Bute Street”, “113-116 Bute Street”, “Former National Westminster Bank”, and “Portland House, Cardiff”
- Address: 113 - 116 Bute Street, Cardiff, CF10 5EQ
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Wales Millennium Centre and Cardiff Bay railway station.
Wales Millennium Centre
Arts center
Photo: grahamwell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wales Millennium Centre is Wales's national arts centre located in the Cardiff Bay area of Cardiff, Wales. The site covers a total area of 7.5 acres. Phase 1 of the building was opened during the weekend of 26–28 November 2004 and phase 2 opened on 22 January 2009 with an inaugural concert. Wales Millennium Centre is situated 740 feet east of Portland House.
Cardiff Bay railway station
Railway station
Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cardiff Bay railway station, formerly Cardiff Bute Road, is a station serving the Cardiff Bay and Butetown areas of Cardiff, Wales. It is the southern terminus of the Butetown branch line 1 mile south of Cardiff Queen Street. Cardiff Bay railway station is situated 750 feet north of Portland House.
Coal Exchange
Hotel
Photo: Chris Sampson, CC BY 2.0.
The Coal Exchange is a historic building in Cardiff, Wales. It is designed in Renaissance Revival style. Built in 1888 as the Coal and Shipping Exchange to be used as a market floor and office building for trading in coal in Cardiff, it later became a hub of the global coal trade. Coal Exchange is situated 410 feet west of Portland House.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cardiff Bay and Newtown.
Cardiff Bay
Suburb
Photo: GeraintTudur2, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cardiff Bay is an area and freshwater lake in Cardiff, Wales. The site of a former tidal bay and estuary, it is the river mouth of the River Taff and Ely.
Newtown
Neighborhood
Photo: Kizpho11, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Newtown was a residential area of Cardiff, Wales that was also known as 'Little Ireland' because of its population of Irish families. Its six streets and 200 houses existed from the mid-nineteenth century until they were demolished in 1970.
Grangetown
Suburb
Photo: Mick Lobb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Grangetown is a district and community in the south of Cardiff, capital of Wales. It is one of the largest districts in the south of the city and is bordered by Riverside, Canton and Butetown.
Portland House
- Location: Butetown, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.46551° or 51° 27′ 56″ northLongitude
-3.1664° or 3° 9′ 59″ westOpen location code
9C3RFR8M+6COpenStreetMap ID
way 377668885OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q17741014
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“Portland House” goes by many names.
- Welsh: “Portland House”
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