Llandrindod Wells Library

The Gwalia Hotel was originally established on the north side of Ithon Road in around 1870. The guests came to the hotel to "take the waters" at the natural springs in Rock Park. As the hotel became more popular, the owners decided to commission a larger hotel on the south side of Ithon Road. The design involved a symmetrical main frontage with five bays facing onto the corner of Norton Terrace and Ithon Road. The central bay featured a round headed doorway on the ground floor; there were pairs of sash windows on the first and second floors flanked by ornate Ionic order pilasters which spanned both floors and supported a modillioned segmental pediment with a shield in the tympanum. The…