West Grove is a street in Roath

Roath

Roath is a district in the east/north-east of the city of Cardiff, capital of Wales.It lies just east/north east of the city centre, stretching from Adamsdown in the south to Roath Park in the north. Roath contains the Plasnewydd electoral ward. The name is believed to originate from Irish ráth,...

, Cardiff

Cardiff

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, situated off Newport Road

A4161 road

The A4161 is a main road in Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom.The road links Cardiff city centre with Ely and the M4 motorway via the A48 and the A4232 to the west and Cardiff city centre with Rumney and the A48 motorway via the A4232 and the A48 to the east.- History of the road number :The original...

. The Queen's Buildings of Cardiff University

Cardiff University

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, Kings Monkton School and the former West Grove Unitarian Church are all located in West Grove. The Mansion House

Mansion House, Cardiff

The Mansion House, located on Richmond Road, is the official residence of the Lord Mayor of Cardiff. Habershon & Fawckner designed the Mansion House and it was built in 1896 for James Howell, owner of Howells department store. It was then known then as 'The Grove'.James Howell was a Cardiff...

 is officially in Richmond Road, but it is at the extreme end of West Grove and dominates the northern end of the street.

Important buildings and structures in West Grove

The Queen's Buildings in The Parade (off of West Grove) house the School of Engineering, School of Computer Science and School of Physics and Astronomy of Cardiff University

Cardiff University

Cardiff University is a leading research university located in the Cathays Park area of Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom. It received its Royal charter in 1883 and is a member of the Russell Group of Universities. The university is consistently recognised as providing high quality research-based...

. The Public Analyst's Laboratory in the Queen's Buildings is a Grade II Listed Building

Kings Monkton School was established in 1870, and is an independent day school.

The West Grove Unitarian Church is also a Grade II Listed building.

Other Grade II listed structures

• The megalithic folly
  Folly
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  at James Howell House.
• The red pillar post box at the junction between West Grove and Richmond Crescent.