David Hughes Village Hall, High Street, Cemaes, Anglesey

VILLAGE HALL AT CEMAES, ANGLESEY - Mr. David Hughes, J.P., of Liverpool, has presented a new public hall to the village of Cemaes, Anglesey. The edifice is situated in the centre of the village. It contains on the ground floor a hall, to be used for concerts and public meetings, with seating accommodation for 250 people. At one end is the platform, raised 3 ft. above the hall floor. At the rear of the platform are retiring-rooms for ladies and gentlemen. The main entrance to the building is through an open portico into a large vestibule. On the left of the main entrance after leaving the vestibule is the news and smoke-room. The reading-room and library is entered from the hall. At the rear of the building are the ladies’ and gentlemen’s lavatories, also the keeper's house Above the main entrance is the clock tower, rising some 50 feet high, the upper portion being octagonal. The building has been erected by Mr. David Hughes’s own workmen, the architects being Messrs. Richard Owens & Son, Liverpool. [Builder 30 July 1898 page 107-108]

HANDSOME GIFT TO CEMAES. OPENING OF THE VILLAGE HALL. The picturesque village of Cemaes was in festive mood on Tuesday, on the occasion of the opening of the Public Hall, which has been erected and presented for the use of the inhabitants by Mr David Hughes, J.P., of Liverpool. This generous gift, which represents a capital expenditure of about £2500, has been given to the district in commemoration of Cemaes being the birthplace of Mr Hughes, whose country residence, Wylfa, occupies a prominent position on the outskirts of the village. The building, which is of handsome exterior, is situated in the centre of the village on the main road, and its clock tower, rising some fifty feet high, is one of the most prominent objects of the district. The general architectural features have been already described in our columns. A bright and cheerful hall on the ground floor, to be used for concerts, public meetings, etc., has seating accommodation for 250 people. There are also a smoke-room, coffee- room, reading-room, library, keeper's house, &c. The building was erected by Mr Hughes's own workmen, under the supervision of his manager, Mr John Owen, the architects being Messrs Richard Owen and Son, Liverpool. The management of the hall has been vested in a governing body consisting of trustees and fifteen members elected by the residents of the district. The trustees include the vicar of the parish and the ministers of the various Nonconformist churches. Mr David Hughes himself, the donor of the hall, is a life member of the committee. Mr Hughes has conveyed the hall to the trustees in perpetuity for the use of the inhabitants without any conditions that would restrict its use. [Carnarvon and Denbigh Heald 22 July 1898 page3].

Reference    Builder 30 July 1898 page 107-108
Reference    Carnarvon and Denbigh Heald 22 July 1898 page 3