The University of Wales Registry ( cy, Cofrestrfa Prifysgol Cymru) is the administrative headquarters of the

University of Wales The University of Wales (Welsh language, Welsh: ''Prifysgol Cymru'') is a confederal university based in Cardiff, Wales. Founded by royal charter in 1893 as a federal university with three constituent colleges – Aberystwyth, Bangor and Cardiff � ...

, located in

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Cardiff Cardiff (; cy, Caerdydd ) is the capital and largest city of Wales. It forms a principal area, officially known as the City and County of Cardiff ( cy, Dinas a Sir Caerdydd, links=no), and the city is the eleventh-largest in the United Kingd ...

Wales Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the Wales–England border, east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the ...

. The University of Wales was a confederal University founded in 1893. It functioned as the degree-awarding authority for its member institutions and existed to support their academic activities. Following a series of controversies, it was decided in 2011 to merge the University with the

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. As of August 2017, the two universities were fully integrated but the merger had not been legally finalised. The Registry is located on King Edward VII Avenue in

, Cardiff's Civic Centre. It became a Grade II listed building on 25 January 1966.

The Building

In 1902 the Cardiff Corporation reached an agreement with the University of Wales to locate their main administrative office in Cathays Park, and gifted the land to the University, along with £6,000 for the erection of a building whose designs met their approval. Designs were invited, and that by

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architect H.W. Wills was selected. The foundation stone was laid in 1903 and the building was completed in the next year. It was the first building to open in Cathays Park, and remains the smallest. The building is in an

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style, and dressed in

portland stone Portland stone is a limestone from the Tithonian stage of the Jurassic period quarried on the Isle of Portland, Dorset. The quarries are cut in beds of white-grey limestone separated by chert beds. It has been used extensively as a building sto ...

, in common with the other buildings of Cathays Park. It is composed of three bays on each side of a central portion, and is a single storey. In front of the building there are a series of iron posts, capped with dragon sculptures by Welsh sculptor

Goscombe John Sir William Goscombe John (21 February 1860 – 15 December 1952) was a prolific Welsh sculptor known for his many public memorials. As a sculptor, John developed a distinctive style of his own while respecting classical traditions and forms of ...

. In 1933 an extension was added to the rear of the building, designed by

Thomas Alwyn Lloyd Thomas Alwyn Lloyd (11 August 1881 – 19 June 1960), known as ''T. Alwyn Lloyd'', was a Welsh architect and town planner. He was one of the founders of the Town Planning Institute in 1914 and its President in 1933. He was also a founding memb ...

References

External links

University of Wales, Registry official site
* {{Commons category-inline, University of Wales Registry Grade II listed buildings in Cardiff Cardiff University Cathays Park