Work continues on the Hafod-Morfa Copperworks site that’s due to become a new visitor attraction for Penderyn Whisky this year.
The Swansea Council scheme will bring new life to the historic site’s powerhouse and outbuildings. An on-site distillery will add to the Wales-based company’s existing facilities.
Main contractor John Weaver Contractors, based in Swansea, has forged ahead with work in line with government restrictions throughout the pandemic. The powerhouse roof is well advanced, meaning a weatherproof space for Penderyn’s future on-site distillery.
Fellow South Wales firm Hayes Engineering & Cladding Ltd has fabricated – and is putting up – the steel framework that will recreate the powerhouse’s original clock tower.
Much of the new-build Penderyn visitor centre is now up. A new walkway will link this to an expansive part of the site’s historic rolling mill, where Penderyn will have a barrel store.
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The work has been made possible thanks to a £3.75m grant from The National Lottery Heritage Fund in Wales.
Construction at the copperworks began in summer 2020. It’s part of the city’s £1bn regeneration programme that will help see Swansea lead the way out of pandemic.
Council cabinet member Robert Francis-Davies at the emerging Penderyn attraction on Swansea’s Hafod-Morfa Copperworks site.
