Historic houses · Mid Wales
County Hall, Aberaeron
County Hall, Aberaeron in Wales Mid, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Family-friendly
- Wheelchair accessible
About
County Hall, Aberaeron is a place of interest in Wales Mid, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
County Hall (Welsh: Neuadd y Sir Aberaeron), formerly Aberaeron Town Hall (Welsh: Neuadd y Dref Aberaeron), is a municipal building in Market Street, Aberaeron, Ceredigion, Wales. The structure, which is now used as a public library, is a Grade II listed building.
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Background
History
The building was commissioned by Colonel Alban Thomas Jones Gwynne (1783 – 1861), whose father had inherited the Monachty Mansion and had used his wealth to develop the town. The site Colonel Gwynne selected in Market Street had been occupied by the Middle Aberaeron Farmhouse (). Construction of the new building, which was initially conceived as a market hall, began in 1833. The design involved a symmetrical main frontage with five bays facing onto Market Street. The central section of three bays, which slightly projected forward, featured three openings with voussoirs on the ground floor and three sash windows on the first floor. The first floor windows were flanked by pilasters supporting…
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- Coordinates
- 52.2429, -4.2597
- District
- Ceredigion
- Parish
- Aberaeron
- Postcode
- SA46 0AU
- Parliamentary constituency
- Ceredigion Preseli
- Established
- 1846
Sources
- wikidata: Q29488699 (CC0)
- wikipedia: County Hall, Aberaeron (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is County Hall, Aberaeron?
- County Hall, Aberaeron is in Mid Wales, United Kingdom (postcode SA46 0AU), in the parish of Aberaeron.
- When was County Hall, Aberaeron built?
- Built or established in 1846.
- Who owns County Hall, Aberaeron?
- County Hall, Aberaeron is owned by | designation1_number =10040.
- How do I get to County Hall, Aberaeron?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode SA46 0AU. It sits within the Ceredigion Preseli parliamentary constituency.