Capel House

Capel House (now known as The Gore) is a detached house at 25 Llantrisant Road in the Llandaff district of Cardiff. It was designed by the Welsh modernist architect Graham Brooks of Hird & Brooks and built in 1966.[1] It is noted for its distinctive modernist use of painted white brick, exposed timber joints and a flat roof.[2]

Thomas was greatly influenced by Danish modernist architecture, and had designed his personal residence in a modernist style in 1964. Capel House was awarded the T. Alwyn Lloyd memorial Gold Medal for Architecture at the National Eisteddfod of Wales of 1968.[3][4] Capel House was the model for Hird & Brooks's The Mount development of sixteen single-storey houses in Dinas Powys.[2]

It was featured in the Daily Mail Book of Bungalow Plans 1968/69, and Alan Powers' 2007 book Britain: Modern Architectures in History.[1][5][6]

The house received a Commendation in the Civic Trust Awards of 1966.[7][8]

References
  1. "Building 3542". UK Modern House. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  2. John B. Hilling (15 August 2018). The Architecture of Wales: From the First to the Twenty-First Century. University of Wales Press. p. 238. ISBN 978-1-78683-285-6.
  3. "Danish-inspired pioneer of Welsh modernism Graham Brooks dies, aged 92". Architects' Journal. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  4. "Gold Medal for Architecture". National Eisteddfod of Wales. Archived from the original on 29 July 2014.
  5. Daily Mail (1968). 'Daily Mail' Book of Bungalow Plans. Daily Mail. p. 36. ISBN 978-0-85144-010-1.
  6. Alan Powers (2007). Britain. Reaktion Books. p. 161. ISBN 978-1-86189-281-2.
  7. "House in Llantrisant Road". Civic Trust Awards. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  8. Holland, Edward; Holder, Julian (March 2019). "Advice to Inform Post-War Listing in Wales" (PDF). Cadw. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 November 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2020.

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