Cathays Park 1 (Cardiff)

 office building, national government / government, Neoclassical (architecture), 1938_construction, provincial government

Formerly the home of the Welsh Office in Cardiff, this imposing imperial style edifice once housed the main offices in Wales of the central UK government department with responsibility for the administration of Wales, including the office of the Secretary of State for Wales himself. Today, however, since the creation of the National Assembly FOR Wales, it is a part of the administrative services structure housing the civil service which supports the Welsh Assembly Government (W.A.G. for short).

Cathays Park 1 (aka CP1 or old Crown Building) is a four-storey building with 3,599 m2 (38,740 sq ft) of floor space. The sky bridge between Cathays Park 1 and 2 'the link' has been the subject of some discussion amongst staff based in the building. People have reported and eerie feeling, a general sense of something 'unworldly' with people catching fleeting glimpses out of the corner of their eye which had led to rumors of the area being haunted.