1880 – Cardiff Free Library & School of Art, Wales
Architect: James, Seward & Thomas
The winning entry in a competition to design a new building for the Cardiff Free Library, Museum and Schools for Science and Art. Erected for just over £9,000, and used as a central library until 1988. The building was extended to the south fourteen years later, with a new south frontage also designed by James, Seward & Thomas and constructed by local builders E. Turner & Sons, more than doubling the size of the building to 12,600 square feet at a cost of £45,000.
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Published June 8, 2009 | Last Updated February 20, 2025
