Cathays railway works unit and student accommodation block. Cathays railway works Cathays railways works was a railway engineering development by the Taff Vale Railway to provide its main carriage and wagon works, as well as its main railway depot for the entire TVR system, located in the Cathays suburb of Cardiff, South Wales. Taken over by the Great Western Railway, after nationalisation under British Railways they sold off the carriage and wagon works to the Pullman Company Ltd. Today, both the site of the railway depot and the carriage and wagon works have been redeveloped, mainly with buildings and commercial activities associated with
Fairwater, Double Bay living of the upper middle classes which has now largely vanished. The place has potential to yield information that will contribute to an understanding of the cultural or natural history of New South Wales. "Fairwater" has research value as a rare example of a large Victorian/Edwardian domestic residence and grounds, which retain a high degree of integrity in both its individual components and planning. The place possesses uncommon, rare or endangered aspects of the cultural or natural history of New South Wales. The association between "Fairwater" and the Fairfax family in view of the longevity of ownership and occupation by