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Volume Nine - Pre-Victorian to the present day - even more aspects - The Custom House and Dock Offices . . .

• Samuel Dobson and the Design of the Customs House, etc. - There are many (including Cadw and local historians) who make statements to the effect that the Customs House 'was', or 'probably was', designed by Samuel Dobson, engineer to the Penarth Dock, Harbour and Railway Company. Samuel Dobson was a talented mining engineer prior to commencing work at the Penarth Dock Company but to my best knowledge had received no formal classical architectural training so its extremely unlikely that he could have been the originating architect for the Customs House or the Mercantile Marine Dock Offices. See also the Samuel Dobson page for futher information.

January 1864 - Penarth Harbour, Dock, and Railway Company, and Others. - The Penarth Harbour, Dock, and Railway Company are prepared to receive Plans, Designs, Estimates, and Specifications, for an Hotel, a Dock-masters' House, a Dock Office, a Custom House and Ten Merchants' Offices, to be erected at Penarth.

January & February 1864 - Penarth Harbour, Dock, and Railway Company, and Others. - The Penarth Harbour, Dock, and Railway Company are prepared to receive Plans, Designs, Estimates, and Specifications, for an Hotel, a Dock-masters' House, a Dock Office, a Custom House and Ten Merchants' Offices, to be erected at Penarth. The Company will pay a premium of £50 for those plans and designs which shall be considered by the Company the best. A ground-plan may be seen and further particulars obtained on application to the Company's Secretary, at the Penarth Harbour Office. Plans and designs to be sent addressed to the Directors, on or before the end of February, 1864 - By order of the Board. Booth Bacon, Secretary, Company's Office, near Cardiff, January 27th, 1864. - Cardiff, Methyr, Glamorgan, Monmouth, and Brecon Gazette [156] [361] 12th February 1864.

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