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in 1997 and became home to the university's School of Social Sciences and the School of Geography and Planning. The Glamorgan Record Office, which had been based in the building since 1939, relocated to a purpose-built office in Leckwith next to the
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on 19 September 1912. The design involved a symmetrical main frontage of seven bays facing King Edward VII Avenue; the central section of five bays featured a large portico with a deeply recessed entrance flanked by a series of pared
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following a design competition and was built by Turner & Sons of Cardiff at a cost of £67,724. It was officially opened by the Chairman of the County Council, J. Blandy Jenkins, as
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in 1997 and is now home to the university's School of Social Sciences and the School of Geography and Planning, is a Grade I
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Serving as reminders of Glamorgan's source of wealth, two groups of statues by
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The Glamorgan Building, School of Geography and Planning, Cardiff University
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Construction of the new building started in 1909. It was designed by
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columns. Internally, the principal room was the council chamber.
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William Rees (1969), "The Reformed Borough, 1836-1914",
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from 1974 to 1996. The building, which was acquired by
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at a cost of £54,054 and opened on 22 September 1932.
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Cardiff
51°29′09″N 3°10′53″W / 51.4859°N 3.1815°W / 51.4859; -3.1815
E. Vincent Harris
Beaux-Arts
classical style
Listed Building
Glamorgan Building is located in Cardiff
Welsh
Cathays Park
Cardiff
Wales
Glamorgan County Council
Mid Glamorgan County Council
Cardiff University
listed building
Local Government Act 1888
Glamorgan County Council
Cathays Park
Marquess of Bute
Vincent Harris
Beaux-Arts
classical style
Corinthian order
Albert Hodge

Minerva
Dark image with light coming from a circular opening at the top of the funnel
Neptune
Local Government Act 1929

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