| Background | In 1885 Ephraim Turner and his two sons James Turner and WH Turner began to trade together as E Turner & Sons Limited. Ephraim Turner retired in 1896 and during 1912 the business was formed into a private limited company and became known as E Turner & Sons Limited, Cardiff. WH Turner died in January 1924 and soon after his son Harry together with TH Huxley Turner, son of James E Turner, joined the Board of Directors. The Registered Offices of the Company were situated at Penarth Road, Cardiff. The site included the Blacksmiths, Engineers, Plumbers, Electrical and Wheelwright Shops, stores for materials, and the Joinery Works with its timber seasoning kilns. The Compnay's Masonry Works were situated at Ninian Park Road. Turners was responsible for the construction of a series of notable buildings in the Cathays Park area of Cardiff including City Hall, the Law Courts, the former Glamorgan County Hall and the Technical College (later re-named the Bute Building). Other buildings in Cardiff include Cardiff Royal Infirmary, General Post Office, The Cardiff Exhange, Central Free Library and National Provincial Bank. Turners was acquired by the construction group Willmott Dixon Limited in 1991. |