A library on the site of an old fire station

Oystermouth library in Mumbles was built in 1935 and is a classic example of the architecture of that period. But what was on the site before then? An article on the story of Mumbles site by Carol Powell provides some insight. She tells us that there had been a school on the site since 1813, but the British ‘Non-Denominational’ School took over the premises in Dunns Lane in July 1835, when it…