The
Glamorgan Record Office holds a series of 40 000 building regulation
plans which are at the heart of the project. The earliest plans
date from 1857 and continue through to the 1960s. The collection
includes schools, cinemas, sports stadia, hotels, public houses,
coffee bars, air raid shelters, shops, workhouses, hospitals, offices,
factories, churches, mosques, synagogues and houses.
In
February 2002 the Heritage Lottery
Fund awarded the Glamorgan Record Office £48 600 towards
the cost of Cardiff the Building of a Capital. This project has:
- Catalogued
the plans so that they can be searched over the internet. Search
for a plan.
- Repaired
a large number of damaged items so that they can be used by
the public.
- Repackaged
all of the plans in special archival materials.
- Mounted
information on the Record Office web site to promote the use
of the plans and other resources on Cardiff’s built heritage.
Update,
January 2006
From
January 2006 building
plans for the former Cardiff Rural District Council for the
years 1875 - 1926 have been linked to the on-line index. The
following parishes are included in Cardiff RDC are:
Bonvilston,
Lavernock, Leckwith, Lisvane, Llancarfan, Llanederyn, Llanfedw,
Llanilltern, Llantrithyd, Llanvithyn, Michaelston-le-Pit,
Pendoylan, Penmark, Pentyrch, Peterston-super-Ely, Porthkerry,
Rhyd-y-gwern , Rudry, St Andrews Major, St Bride’s-super-Ely,
St Fagans, St George’s,
St Lythans, St. Nicholas, Sully, Van, Welsh St. Donats, Wenvoe
and Whitchurch.
Please
note that the Cardiff RDC plans are held in an outstore, and
we will need at least a weeks notice to bring them to our
public searchroom for consultation.
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Volunteer
workers were an important part of the project, and we are very grateful
to all those people who contributed by listing or conserving the
plans.
The
plans can be used for the study of many different subjects. By linking
the plans with other documents in the Record Office, in Cardiff
Central Library and in the Butetown History and Arts Centre it is
possible to build up a detailed picture of the buildings, who used
them and how they were used.
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