Cathays Library Cathays Library Cathays Library is a Grade II* listed library building in Cathays, Cardiff, Wales. It is one of the 2,500 Carnegie libraries, financed by the American businessman Andrew Carnegie. The library is situated on the northern edge of Cathays at the junction of Crwys Road, Whitchurch Road and Fairoak Road, opposite Gladstone Primary School. It backs onto Cathays Cemetery. Preceding the current library was a Cathays Branch Reading Room which was opened in May 1890. It initially containing 300 books and had an assistant librarian. The current library was constructed between 1906-7, though the panel above the main door
Fairwater, Double Bay living of the upper middle classes which has now largely vanished. The place has potential to yield information that will contribute to an understanding of the cultural or natural history of New South Wales. "Fairwater" has research value as a rare example of a large Victorian/Edwardian domestic residence and grounds, which retain a high degree of integrity in both its individual components and planning. The place possesses uncommon, rare or endangered aspects of the cultural or natural history of New South Wales. The association between "Fairwater" and the Fairfax family in view of the longevity of ownership and occupation by