Jackson Hall, Cardiff
Jackson Hall is a historic building on Westgate Street in central Cardiff, Wales. Built in 1878 in Gothic Revival style, it was designed by John Prichard and George Robinson. It is a Grade II listed building, located beside the Cardiff and Country Club and just behind the Millennium Stadium.
The hall opened as the Racquets and Fives Club hall, a home for playing racquets, squash, lawn tennis, and fives. The project cost £2,300 and was funded by the Bute Estate, led by John Crichton-Stuart, the 3rd Marquess of Bute.
Over the years, the building served various purposes. It housed Cardiff’s Juvenile Employment Bureau until 1967, then operated as a polling station and an office for employment benefit registrants. In 1975, plans to demolish the hall and move Ebenezer Welsh Congregational Church were blocked by John Morris, the Secretary of State for Wales. The hall and the church were recognized for their architectural merit and given Grade II listing.
In October 1978 a 99-year lease was sold to Hamard Catering Ltd, and the hall reopened as Jackson’s health club. It later became a branch of Yates’s Wine Lodge for several years, before housing the Welsh Rugby Union gift shop from 2007 onward.
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