Editing Swansea (section)

===Listed buildings===
[[File:SwanseaCastle.jpg|thumb|[[Swansea Castle]] ruins]]
The city has three [[Listed building|Grade One listed buildings]]: [[Swansea Castle]], the [[Tabernacle Chapel, Morriston]] and the [[Swansea Guildhall]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.swansea.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=1524 |title=Listed building index |publisher=City and County of Swansea |access-date=30 April 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140809215656/http://www.swansea.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=1524 |archive-date=9 August 2014}}</ref> Swansea Castle was an impressive building occupying a strategic position above the River Tawe. The ruins that are visible today date from the late 13th and early 14th centuries. Today, the castle is hemmed in by modern buildings.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.castlewales.com/swansea.html |title=Swansea Castle |author=Thomas, Jeffrey L. |year=2009 |work=Castles of Wales |access-date=30 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160509055841/http://www.castlewales.com/swansea.html |archive-date=9 May 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Tabernacle Chapel at Morriston was built in 1872 by John Humphreys of Swansea. A unique feature is the use of semi-circular arches. The building has been described as the "Nonconformist Cathedral of Wales" and has been listed as Grade I on the basis that it is "the most ambitious grand chapel in Wales, its interior and fittings remain virtually unaltered".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.llgc.org.uk/ardd/pensaeri/arch010.htm |title=Libanus (Tabernacle) Chapel, Morriston |work=Religious Architecture |publisher=The National Library of Wales |access-date=30 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160601040751/https://www.llgc.org.uk/ardd/pensaeri/arch010.htm |archive-date=1 June 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> The Guildhall is one of the main office buildings in the centre of the city and was designed by [[Percy Thomas]] and opened in 1934. It is faced in white [[Portland stone]] and includes a tall clock-tower which makes it a landmark. The building comprises the City Hall, the [[Brangwyn Hall]] concert venue and the County Law Courts. It is considered "the most important building in Wales of its period".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/wa-14594-swansea-new-guildhall-uplands |title=Swansea New Guildhall |publisher=British Listed Buildings |access-date=30 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304235749/http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/wa-14594-swansea-new-guildhall-uplands |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
[[File:Wind Street, Swansea (Recreated) - geograph.org.uk - 361107.jpg|thumb|Wind Street]]
In addition to these, there are a number of Grade II* listed buildings; Ebenezer Baptist Chapel and its Hall in Ebenezer Street; the [[Glynn Vivian Art Gallery]]; the Midland Bank building; the Mount Pleasant Baptist Church in Kingsway, along with its Hall and School blocks; the Offices of Associated British Ports in Pier Street; the Royal Institution of South Wales building, now [[Swansea Museum]] in Victoria Road; and the Old Guildhall in Somerset Place.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/wales/swansea/castle#.VyQ-UOTGA4D |title=Listed Buildings in Swansea, Wales |publisher=British Listed Buildings |access-date=30 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160519124103/http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/wales/swansea/castle#.VyQ-UOTGA4D |archive-date=19 May 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>