Talk:Angel Hotel, Cardiff
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Designer?
[edit]I've attributed the design of the 1883 Angel Hotel to Charles James Jackson, because the contemporary Western Mail article says "designed by Mr C. J. Jackson". However, Jackson's family ran a successful local building company and, though he described himself sometimes as an architect, the company may have secured the design from someone else. John Newman in Buildings of Wales suggests the design may be by William Frame (who was the Marquess of Bute's architect). But until something more authoritative surfaces I've left the attribution to Jackson.
The Western Mail article goes on to say "Several applications were received for the site; but when it was made known that... it would be necessary to expend a sum amounting at the least to £20,000, most of the applicants declined... At this juncture Messrs. Jackson came forward, and to the enterprise of these gentlemen Cardiff is indebted for the erection of an hotel... " therefore showing that Jackson's building company ran the scheme. Sionk (talk) 10:37, 24 May 2015 (UTC)