The Gladstone Library is a Victorian Gothic style building that houses 150,000 works, including the books, papers, and letters of its founder, William Ewart Gladstone. Gladstone was a four-time British prime minister who died in 1898. The library is also a registered charity that provides bed and breakfast for those seeking time and space to write, or merely rest, in its unique atmosphere, as the Daily Beast details:
“We provide a place to think, resources to help you think and people to share your thoughts with,” the library’s director and warden, Peter Francis, said. “Our main group of visitors are writers and academics but the three subject areas also entice individuals, so students, clergy, historians and politicians.”
It also has offered residential courses with titles like “Welsh in a Week” or “Jane Austen in a Week” and its website has a helpful A-to-Z guide that includes directions from train stations and tips for local walks including a Hawarden Characters and Customs tour.
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