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  • Castell Coch (lit. 'Red Castle'), near Tongwynlais, was the country retreat of John Crichton Stuart (1847-1900), the 3rd Marquess of Bute. It was built during the 1870s on the foundations of an earlier medieval structure. The building was designed by the architect William Burges who was also hired by the Marquis to transform Cardiff Castle during the same period. Both buildings are noted for their dramatic and ornate interiors.
Aerial photograph of Castell Coch, 1999
  • Castell Coch (lit. 'Red Castle'), near Tongwynlais, was the country retreat of John Crichton Stuart (1847-1900), the 3rd Marquess of Bute. It was built during the 1870s on the foundations of an earlier medieval structure. The building was designed by the architect William Burges who was also hired by the Marquis to transform Cardiff Castle during the same period. Both buildings are noted for their dramatic and ornate interiors.
The drawing room, Castell Coch, near Tongwynlais [image 1 of 2]
  • Castell Coch (lit. 'Red Castle'), near Tongwynlais, was the country retreat of John Crichton Stuart (1847-1900), the 3rd Marquess of Bute. It was built during the 1870s on the foundations of an earlier medieval structure. The building was designed by the architect William Burges who was also hired by the Marquis to transform Cardiff Castle during the same period. Both buildings are noted for their dramatic and ornate interiors
Castell Coch, Tongwynlais
  • This volume provides supporting data for David Stewart's survey of the Marquess of Bute's estate in Glamorgan. It includes additional information relating to the tenants on his land, and the rents they paid. All non-blank pages in this volume were scanned as double-page spreads.
Land use survey (terrier) of the Glamorgan estates of the Marquess of Bute, 1824: cover [image 1 of 79]
  • During the late 18th and early 19th centuries the extent of the Marquess of Bute's lands in Glamorgan remained ill-defined and open to disputes between tenants. This survey by David Stuart, completed in 1824, represents the first attempt to closely define the estate by its extent, field names, land use and acreages. As such, this volume is pivotal to our understanding of the evolution of Cardiff. The resulting volume contains 75 maps with accompanying tables of information. In addition, there is a second volume (terrier) that provides additional details on tenants, leases and land value. Further information: H. Thomas, 'A catalogue of Glamorgan Estate Maps' (Cardiff, Glamorgan Record Office, 1992).
Map and land use survey of the Glamorgan estates of the Marquess of Bute, 1824: dust cover [image 1 of 93]
  • The Hamadryad was a hospital ship which served the seamen of Cardiff from the 1860s until 1905. The vessel, a man-of-war with 46 guns, had been built at Pembroke Dock in 1823 but was never put into service. Although she was subsequently taken to Devonport to be fitted out she was never completed and was towed to Cardiff in 1866 to be converted as a floating hospital, with room for 50 in-patients. The ship was moored at a site donated by the Marquess of Bute, to the west of the entrance to the Glamorganshire Canal. In 1904 a new seaman's hospital was built ashore to replace the ship, and also as a memorial to mark Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee. The new Royal Hamadryad Hospital was formally opened on 29 June 1905 by the 4th Marquess of Bute. The redundant ship was towed to Bideford, Devon, to be broken up but the ship's bell and figurehead were preserved.
Hamadryad Hospital Ship, Cardiff Docks, 19th century