We worked closely with the project team to design and deliver a sensitive yet creative restoration and refurbishment of the Grade II Listed building that would boost local regeneration in and around the docks, whilst celebrating the building’s heritage and highlighting it’s importance as one of the few remaining industrial buildings in the area. The final scheme included a restaurant, a café /bar, fitness gym and a bistro on ground and basement levels, as well as 15no. Live / Work units on the first floor.

Our team worked collaboratively with Planning, Conservation and CADW officers throughout design development to ensure that the designs retained and expressed features from the building’s industrial heritage. This is evident in the new interiors which showcase the existing fine iron roof trusses, with sensitive new openings negotiated to provide new access points and daylight. The original travelling crane and stone machine bases have also been renovated and displayed in prominent locations.

The Pumphouse is an excellent example of how a private developer, a design team and the local authority (in it’s separate roles as local planning authority and land owner) can work together in a positive and collaborative way to achieve the delivery of a high-quality regeneration project delivering tangible local benefits.

The project was praised by the Design Commission for Wales and the completed scheme was also shortlisted for RIBA Welsh Architect Award and highly commended RTPI Cymru Awards.