The gallery was built in 1887/8, designed by architect Edwin Seward in a Queen Anne style[1] for the rich local flour merchant, James Pyke Thompson.
[3] The collection notably includes paintings by J. M. W. Turner,[citation needed] after which the gallery was named.
[5] In 2018 Ffotogallery announced that it would be leaving Turner House for new premises in the centre of Cardiff, starting in July 2019.
[6] In July 2018 Penarth Town Council launched an online community consultation survey regarding the future use of Turner House and other buildings.
[7] In 2021 the gallery reopened with Penarth Town Council working in partnership with Amgueddfa Cymru–National Museum Wales to use the building as multi-purpose cultural venue.