Cathays and maintained by the Great Western Railway. Post nationalisation in 1946, British Railways sold the business and leased the site to the Pullman Company Ltd, where they maintained their carriages until the 1970s. The depot was closed from the late 1960s, redeveloped for buildings now used by Cardiff University. The carriage and wagon works was redeveloped in the early 2000s, and now houses a Lidl store and a student accommodation block. Cathays railway station opened in 1983, adjacent to the Students' Union building which encloses the railway tracks. In 1875 Nazareth House was opened, to provide accommodation for orphans and
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