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Pierhead Building: Exterior · The Bute Docks Company building, Cardiff Docks, South Wales
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Civic · Historic precedent

Pierhead Building

William Frame · Cardiff, GB · 1897

Key featuresHighly ornamental clock tower; exterior finished in glazed terracotta blocks.

Architect
William Frame
Place
Cardiff, GB
Year
1897
Typology
Civic
Movement
Historic precedent
Region
Europe
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