Countess of Huntingdon Chapel
Exchange Building Swansea Exchange Building was built 1913-14 by Henry Billings and Sons to the design of Charles Tamlin Ruthen, architect. His work also included Carlton Cinema in Oxford Street and of the Mond Buildings in Union Street. The Exchange Building main facade is built of Aberdeen grey unpolished granite (lower portions) and Portland stone, with reinforced concrete used in its foundation. The foundation stone was laid by Sir Alfred Mond on Saturday 3 rd May 1913. Interior consisted of around 80 offices, a restaurant, banking and post office premises, lavatories, and automatic passenger lifts to serve all floors. The building cost an estimated £24,000 and occupies a prominent corner site, between Adelaide Street and Cambrian Place, and opposite the Royal Institution (Swansea Museum). This site was previously occupied by the Hotel de Paris which opened c.1878. Charles Tamlin Ruthen Charles Tamlin Ruthen was born in Westoe, South Shields, County Durham, ...
