 During the 1950s, an adjacent house was purchased to be the "Students Union Annexe", as increasing numbers of students came to Aberystwyth.As part of the university's expansion onto the present site, the first wing of the new Students' Union building on the new Penglais campus was opened in 1970.The use of 10 Laura Place and the Annexe ceased in 1984, when the final stage of the new building on Penglais campus was finished.