West Grove, Cardiff

Road in Cardiff, Wales

51°26′55″N 3°10′08″W / 51.4485°N 3.169°W / 51.4485; -3.169

West Grove is a road in Roath, Cardiff, Wales. It is situated off Newport Road. The Queen's Buildings of Cardiff University,^[1] Kings Monkton School and the former West Grove Unitarian Church are all located in West Grove. The Mansion House is officially in Richmond Road, but it is at the extreme end of West Grove and dominates the northern end.

History

West Grove was one of the villa-lined roads that formed the wealthy residential district of Tredegarville, laid out for the Tredegar Estate during the third quarter of the nineteenth century.^[2]

Important buildings on West Grove

Grade II listed structures with the official names

(former) Unitarian Church
Public Analyst's Laboratory, Queen's Building, Cardiff University
Megalithic folly at James Howell House
Pillar Box in West Grove

Other important buildings

Views of West Grove

Looking north from the junction of Newport Road. Garley House on the right is home to the regional head office of the GMB trade union

Looking south from the junction of Richmond Road.

Kings Monkton School was established in 1870, and is an independent day school.^[3]

The GMB trade union has its Wales & South West regional office at Garley House.

Notes

^ "Cardiff University city centre map". Archived from the original on 2 December 2008. Retrieved 9 June 2008.
^ Newman, John (1995), The Buildings of Wales: Glamorgan, Penguin Books, p. 309, ISBN 0-14-071056-6, retrieved 24 November 2014
^ "Kings Monkton School website". Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 30 December 2007.