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Swyddfa'r Sir
Swyddfa'r Sir is a Grade II listed former hotel, former main offices of Ceredigion County Council and former Magistrates Court building located in Aberystwyth, best known as the outside of the police station in the BBC Wales police television series ''Y Gwyll (Hinterland)''.〔
==History==
Originally constructed as a detached hotel on the towns seafront, it was opened in 1866 by the Hafod Hotel Company as the "Queen's Hotel".〔 Designed by C. Forster Hayward of Hayward & Davis in the then popular symmetrical Hôtel de Ville style, it was a smaller-scale version of his earlier 1863 Duke of Cornwall Hotel in Plymouth.〔 The five storey premises – basement, ground floor plus three upper floors – created a total floor area of ,〔 providing 83 bedrooms.〔 Built by George Lumley of Aberystwyth, the dressed stone exterior was capped by a Mansard roof of locally sourced Welsh slate. Internally, the main entrance in a gothic architecture style led to a staircase, lit from above by a stained glass window in the mezzanine. The entrance area also included access to an early passenger lift,〔 and the ballroom. Many of the main spaces included acanthus plaster ceilings, whilst other public areas were faced with quartz and ore panels. The ground floor toilets presently remain intact, equipped with the original ceramic sinks and brass taps.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Swyddfa'r Sir )〕
Commandeered as the local Royal Air Force base and accommodation unit during World War II, Aberystwyth Council purchased the building post-war, and after conversion under County Architect G. R. Bruce,〔 used the building from 1950 onwards.〔 Due to the space available, during the council's period of occupation the building was additionally used for periods of time as: a dentistry; emergency evacuation hospital; a police station; a register office for weddings; an Aberystwyth University lecture theatre; and the county archives.〔〔 The local circuit Magistrates Court later moved into the building, using the former ballroom as their main court.〔
Ceredigion County Council moved to the newly built Canolfan Rheidol in mid-2009, with the court remaining until 2012. In December 2013 the council placed the unoccupied building up for sale at £1million, under chartered surveyors Cooke & Arkwright. But after it did not sell, the council choose in June 2014 to put the building up for public auction.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Swyddfa'r Sir, Marine Terrace, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion )〕
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