About Turner House Gallery
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Turner House Gallery is an art gallery in Penarth near Cardiff, Wales.
The gallery was built in 1887/8, designed by architect Edwin Seward in a Queen Anne style for the rich local flour merchant, James Pyke Thompson. Pyke Thompson used the gallery to exhibit his collection of artworks, which include drawings, etchings, and ceramics, by artists including Rembrandt, with free entry to the public. The collection notably includes paintings by J. M. W. Turner, after which the gallery was named.
Turner House Gallery was acquired by the National Museum of Wales in 1921 and used to display the museum's secondary public art collection.
The building was given Grade II listed status in 1993.