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The Gwalia Hotel was originally established on the north side of Ithon Road in around 1870. The guests came to the hotel to "take the waters" at the natural springs in Rock Park. As the hotel became more popular, the owners decided to commission a larger hotel on the south side of Ithon Road.
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and the council officers and their departments, who had been based in the "County
Buildings" in the High Street at Llandrindod Wells since 1909, moved into the former hotel in 1950. Following local government reorganisation in 1974, the building became the headquarters of
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