Plans for Penderyn to open a second distillery and visitor
centre in Swansea have been given the go ahead. Penderyn Whisky is to redevelop
a disused building at the historic Hafod Morfa Copperworks site in Swansea,
which is just opposite the Liberty Stadium, home of Swansea City football club.
The Lottery Heritage Fund awarded £3.75m towards
regenerating the 19th Century Powerhouse building into the visitor centre and
distillery. The distillery will be housed in the old Powerhouse, a once fine
building that has fallen on hard times. As part of our restoration we will
replace the clock tower, which informed thousands of people for many
generations what the time was. Latterly the building became a canteen until the
site closed in the 1960s. Penderyn will also be building a new Visitor Centre
alongside and to the rear, which will have three storeys. Inside will be a
Penderyn Whisky exhibition area, shop, a tasting bar, conference suite and an
exhibition covering the history of the old Copperworks
Stephen Davies, Penderyn’s Chief Executive said: ‘Penderyn are delighted to bring back a
copper-based industry back to this area. Once opened we hope to see up to
100,000 visitors a year, and it will become one of the major attractions in the
area. This all helps us promote our whiskies from Wales to the world.’
Penderyn won 10 international gold medals in 2018 and
exports to over 40 countries, and we hope construction will begin at end of
this year with the facility opened 2022.
More info just released on our proposed 2nd distillery in Swansea, covered in this [BBC News article.
It was also featured in this [Spirits Business article.