:St Mary Street/High Street
{{Short description|Streets in Cardiff, Wales}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2017}}
{{Use British English|date=December 2017}}
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St Mary Street ({{langx|cy|Heol Eglwys Fair}}) and High Street ({{langx|cy|Heol Fawr}}) are major commercial streets in the Castle Quarter of Cardiff city centre, Wales, which form a major thoroughfare running south from the gatehouse of Cardiff Castle. High Street begins at the junction of Castle Street on the A4161 and ends at the junction of Church Street and Quay Street, from where St Mary Street begins until the roundabout at Callaghan Square on the A4160.File:Junction of High Street and St Mary Street - Cardiff.JPG
In the 21st century, the thoroughfare has become the location for a wide variety of pubs, bars, restaurants, cafes and coffeeshops.{{cite news|author=Kathryn Williams |url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-on/food-drink-news/cardiffs-high-street-thriving-again-13344780 |title=This is how Cardiff's High Street has turned itself around |date=21 July 2017 |work=Wales Online |access-date=27 October 2022 }}
Notable buildings
=Present buildings=
- House of Fraser, formerly Howells department store
- Cardiff Market
- Hodge House
- Prince of Wales Theatre (now a pub)
- High Street Arcade
- Morgan Arcade
- Royal Arcade
- Royal Hotel
{{see also|List of shopping arcades in Cardiff}}
=Demolished buildings=
- Cardiff Town Hall (1747), demolished
- Cardiff Town Hall{{cite web |url= http://www.gtj.org.uk/en/small/item/GTJ73183/|publisher= Culturenet Cymru |title= The Town Hall, St. Mary Street, Cardiff, late 19th century|accessdate=2009-02-11}} (1853), demolished
- Cardiff Gaol, demolished to make way for Cardiff Market
- YMCA building
=Cardiff Free Library=
- The first Cardiff Free Library was located above the St. Mary Street entrance to the Royal Arcade
=Public art=
- Statue of the Second Marquess of Bute, located in the street from 1853{{cite web|title=Statue of Second Marquess of Bute |url=https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/300013799-statue-of-second-marquess-of-bute-butetown |publisher=British Listed Buildings|access-date=12 September 2022}} until 1999, when it moved to Bute Square.
- The former Pierhead Clock, installed in a glass box with three monkeys striking the chimes, near the Royal Hotel in 2011.{{cite news|title=Pierhead clock given new St Mary Street, Cardiff site |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-15633393 |work=BBC News |date=8 November 2011 |access-date=12 September 2022}}
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|width=200 |File:Cardiff old town hall, Glamorganshire.jpeg|{{center|Cardiff Town Hall |File:Town Hall, Cardiff.jpeg|{{center|The former 1853 Cardiff Town Hall |File:Howells (department store) 001.jpg|{{center|The former Howells department store (Grade II* listed}} |File:Market Buildings, Cardiff.JPG|{{center|Cardiff Market (Grade II* listed)}} |File:Prince of Wales Theatre Cardiff St Mary St facade B.jpg|{{center|The former Prince of Wales Theatre, now The Prince of Wales pub (Grade-II listed)}} |File:Cardiff - Royal Arcade.jpg|{{center|Royal Arcade (Grade II listed)}} |File:The Yard - Brains Pub formerly known as The Albert geograph-2758235-by-Eddie-Reed.jpg|{{center|The Yard pub and entrance to the Brewery Quarter}} |File:Royal Hotel, Cardiff, August 2018 (1).jpg|{{center|The Royal Hotel (Grade-II listed)}} |File:Elgin House - St Mary Street, Cardiff.jpg|{{center|Elgin House (Grade II listed)}} |File:Castle Arcade - geograph.org.uk - 6267220.jpg|{{center|Castle Arcade (Grade II* listed)}} |File:Former NatWest bank, St Mary Street, Cardiff.jpg|{{center|The former NatWest Bank (Grade II listed)}} |File:Sainsbury's Local, St Mary Street, Cardiff - geograph.org.uk - 3488560.jpg|{{center|Hodge House (Grade II listed)}} }} |
Notes
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External links
- {{commonscat-inline|St Mary Street, Cardiff}}
- [http://www.cardiff.gov.uk/stmaryst/ Official website of 'Changing landscapes: Improving St Mary Street and High Street']
{{Transport in Cardiff}}
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