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Thursday 14 April 2016

The Mond Building

This large Portland Stone building is known as The Mond and was designed by the architeckt C. T. Ruthen. Ruthen also designed a few other buildings of note in Swansea, including the old Carlton Cinerma (currently Waterstones) and the old Exchange building near Swansea Marina. . The building is Edwardian baroque in style and dominates Union and Park Street in the city centre.


The Mond was built in 1911 by Sir Alfred Mond and designed to be the Swansea headquarters of the National Legue of Young Liberals. It is now a Listed building.