The Building
About the Sovereign Quay development, its location and facilities.
About Sovereign Quay
Sovereign Quay is a mixed-use waterfront development on Havannah Street in Cardiff Bay, built by Barratt in the early 2000s. Arranged as six cores, it comprises 60 apartments together with 5 commercial units, currently occupied as offices, looking out over the water where the historic Mount Stuart Graving Docks meet the Bay.
We're a few minutes' stroll from Mermaid Quay in one direction and the Cardiff Bay Barrage in the other, close enough to enjoy everything the Bay offers, far enough back to keep things peaceful.
The building and its communal areas are maintained and managed by Sovereign Quay RTM Company Limited on behalf of the leaseholders, so decisions about the development are made by people who live here.
Facilities
- Newly installed passenger lifts
- Paxton10 smart entry system, with intercom straight to your phone
- Secure allocated basement parking
- Secure bicycle storage
- CCTV in the communal areas
- All-electric apartments with heat recovery ventilation
- Full-fibre broadband available (Hyperoptic and Openreach)
- Communal TV distribution to every flat, supporting terrestrial and Sky
- Dedicated refuse and recycling stores
- Professionally cleaned and maintained communal areas
Finding your way around
Our address is 15 to 133 (odd numbers) Havannah Street, Cardiff CF10 5SF. The building is arranged as six numbered cores, and the commercial units are on the ground floor. If you're visiting someone, the table below shows which core their flat is in; select a core to open its entrance in your preferred maps app.
| Core | Flats | Floors |
|---|---|---|
| Core 1 | 15 to 41 | Ground to 6th |
| Core 2 | 43 to 73 | Ground to 5th |
| Core 3 | 75 to 101 | Ground to 4th |
| Core 4 | 103 to 117 | Ground to 3rd |
| Core 5 | 119 to 129 | Ground to 2nd |
| Core 6 | 131 to 133 | Ground to 1st |
| Commercial | Units 1 to 5 | Ground floor |
The residential entrances are on the water side of the building, facing the graving docks, except Core 6, which is entered from the Havannah Street side along with the commercial units. Lifts serve Cores 1 to 5; Core 6 is stairs only over its two storeys. Arriving by car? The Havannah Street pay and display car park is right next to the building.
Our corner of the Bay
Sovereign Quay stands on ground with a real story. A century ago Cardiff was the greatest coal port in the world, and the docks around Butetown, the community famously known as Tiger Bay, sent Welsh coal to every corner of it. Right next to us are the Mount Stuart Graving Docks, built in the 1880s by the Bute family who owned the docks: dry docks where ships were drained out of the water for repair, now listed as an important part of Cardiff's maritime heritage.
When the coal trade faded, the docklands fell quiet, and it took the Cardiff Bay Barrage, completed in 1999, to begin the area's second act. The barrage turned the tidal mudflats into a 200-hectare freshwater lake with miles of waterfront, and around it grew the Cardiff Bay of today: the Wales Millennium Centre, the Senedd, Mermaid Quay and some of the most sought-after places to live in Wales. Sovereign Quay was part of that new chapter, and we like to think the best of both eras meets outside our windows: Victorian dock walls on one side, the modern Bay on the other.
On the doorstep
Living here puts a lot within a short walk:
- Mermaid Quay, with its restaurants, bars and cafes overlooking the water, is around five minutes on foot.
- Techniquest, the science discovery centre, is practically next door on Stuart Street.
- The Wales Millennium Centre and Roald Dahl Plass host world-class theatre, music and events all year round.
- The Senedd and the Norwegian Church sit along the waterfront promenade towards the Pierhead.
- The Barrage walk crosses the Bay to Penarth, a lovely stroll or cycle with the best views in Cardiff.
- Getting around is easy: Cardiff Bay railway station and regular buses link to the city centre in minutes, and the Aquabus water taxi runs from the Bay into town the scenic way.
From across the water
Got a good photo of the building or the Bay? Send it to the directors and we'll happily add it to this page.