Mansion House, Cardiff Mansion House, Cardiff The Mansion House (), located on Richmond Road, is the official residence of the Lord Mayor of Cardiff. Architects Habershon & Fawckner designed the Mansion House and it was built in 1896 for James Howell, owner of Howells department store. It was then known then as 'The Grove'. James Howell was a Cardiff businessman who opened his first shop in 1865. In 1890 he made arrangements to build a property on land leased from Lord Tredegar. The plans were for a large family home, to house his 11 children. The one unusual aspect of the house is
São Bento Mansion premises of the Ministry of the Sea, in Commerce Square. São Bento Mansion São Bento Mansion () or, officially, the official residence of the prime minister () is a late 19th-century building that, presently, serves as the official residence of the Prime Minister of Portugal. It is located in the Lisbon civil parish of Estrela, back-to-back with São Bento Palace, seat of the Assembly of the Republic, the Portuguese Parliament. The house was first built by capitalist Joaquim Machado Cayres in 1877, to serve as his private residence. The plot of land he bought for it had belonged to the