Development Projects

Arethusa Quay
The whole process of redevelopment began in 1982 when the City Council built a 49-unit public housing scheme to re-house the existing Paxton Street community.

This 2-3 storey red brick development to the west of Arethusa Quay included 14 flats for the elderly persons, cost £0.9m and was designed by the Swansea City Council Architects Department.  The adjoining quayside was then developed by Ratehealth Limited to provide 67 flats at a cost of £1.8m in 1985.  Arethusa Quay is named after H.M.S. Arethusa and was opened by Rear Admiral R.A, Snow on 3rd August 1984.

Victoria Quay
Development on Victoria Quay began in 1983 and was completed 3 years later.  Built at a cost of £5m by Whitegates Ltd, the development provides 72 flats, shops, wine bar, ice cream parlour and a public house / restaurant.

The stone carvings at ground floor level all relate to the history and development of steam railways.  The various stones depict Trevithick's Pen-y-Darren (1804), Stevenson's Rocket (1829) and the LMS logo, among others.  The plaque facing the Maritime and Industrial Museum depicts a Webb 2.4.2 locomotive in Victoria Station.  Victoria Quay derives its name from the Victoria Railway Station, that stood for nearly 100 years on the site of the Leisure Centre.

The Industrial and Maritime Museum
The Industrial and Maritime Museum was housed in converted Coast Lines Warehouse, which was built around 1900 and extended to the west around 1914.

It was leased for some 30 years by Swansea Harbour Trust to Coast Lines Limited, who ran regular sailings from Swansea to most British ports. 

The warehouse now forms part of the National Waterfront Museum.  A suite of new exhibition galleries, a little to the north of the warehouse and a central foyer that connects the two main buildings complete the new museum.  Much care has been taken by the Architects to complement the historic warehouse through materials, structure and overall design.

The new museum tells the story of Wales's industrial and maritime history, highlighting the dramatic effect of industrialisation on the people and the landscape.  The museum also reflects the important role played by Swansea and its hinterland, in the ultimate development of Wales as the world's first industrial nation.

The latest computer technology has been used to enhance the museum with audio visual and interactive displays throughout the 15 galleries.

Pumphouse and Quay
This Quay owes its name to the former Hydraulic Pumphouse, whose tower has dominated the South Dock since the beginning of the 20th century.  Built in 1900 to supply power for the new swing-bridge and locks, the building replaced the early machinery fitted by James Abernethy and Sir George Armstrong.

The building was used for the last time in 1971, when the last vessel left the South Dock.  By the late 1970's it had been vandalised and the machinery so badly corroded by rust that it had to be removed in 1981.  Essential work was undertaken to make the structure sound following the designation of the Conservation Area the previous year. 

Mannheim Quay - Phase 1 & 2
Named after one of Swansea's twin cities, Mannheim Quay is overlooked by an ambitious public housing development.  The first phase was designed by Swansea City Council Architects Department and was completed in 1988.  It cost £1.5million and provided 50 sheltered flats, shops and a chemist, and retail units.  this phase also involved the rehabilitation and conversion of Gloucester House, a former office building.

The second phase by Shaw Homes, involved the construction of a further 100 units of social housing with 60 flats for sale.  This 4-storey development incorporates the use of a timber frame system, and cost £4.5 million.

Pockets Wharf
This is a mixed-use development consisting of forty, 2 and 3 bedroom flats and commercial floor space which includes a major high street bank.

It was built by Lovell Urban Renewal in 1993 and is composed of a continuously-linked block of three structures, in a dog-legged plan form.  The tallest element is 152 feet high and a major landmark at the seaward entrance to the Maritime Quarter.

The materials used in the design of Pockett's Wharf blend with the rest of the area and are ochre facing brick, reconstituted stone and metal balconies.

New Moorings in the Tawe
One of the first to benefit from the river's new status as a linear lake, with lock access to the sea, was Swansea Yacht and Sub-Aqua Club, located on Burrows Road.

In a move that has had the effect of extending the yacht marina out into the river, they added 200 new berths on pontoons which are anchored to the bed of the river just outside the entrance to the Marina.  The new births were formally declared open in December 1992 by Robin Knox Johnson and were immediately snapped up by yachtsmen.

Ferrara Square and Quay
The Northern Italian city of Ferrara is twinned with Swansea and the naming of this square celebrates that fact.  Ferrara Square is formed by the western side of Kingdomwide development, while the Quay is overlooked by the £11 million Lovell Urban Renewal development.

Numerous stone panels in and around the Square acknowledge Ferrara's Renaissance heyday, further details of which can be found in the Stoney Stories heritage guide to the Maritime Quarter

Maritime Village
The Maritime Village is one of the largest development sites within the Maritime Quarter, containing 265 housing units and six shops.

Built by Lovell developments at a cost of £11 million in 1988, it is located between the seafront and the South Dock Basin.  It overlooks the Ferrara Quay development in the east and ends shortly before the Ramada Jarvis Hotel in the west.

The Hotel
Marriot Hotels operate a 4-star, 117 bed hotel which was completed in 1989 at the western end of the Maritime Quarter.  It cost £6.5 million to build of which £2 million came from an Urban Investment Grant.  Facilities include restaurants, bars, a swimming pool and a conference room for 300 people.

This 5-storey structure makes a maximum use of its location, with most bedrooms overlooking the water, either in the form of the South Dock or Swansea Bay. 

Port Tawe River Frontage - SA1
The Barrage and the stable river level it ensures has improved the development potential of this area.  As a result it enjoys the benefit of river views and subsequent new buildings will have to respond strongly to such a waterside setting.

The aim is to create a lively riverfront environment that is enlivened by water-bourne activity, whose diversity of use is encouraged by a mixed development and animated by continuous public access. 

Cei Arethusa
Dechreuwyd yr holl broses o ailddatblygu ym 1982, pan adeiladodd Cyngor y Ddinas gynllun tai cyhoeddus gyda 49 uned er mwyn ailgartrefu cymuned Stryd Paxton.

Mae'r datblygiad briciau coch 2 - 3 llawr hwn I'r gorllewin o Gei Arethusa yn cynnwys 14 fflat I'r henoed, costiodd £0.9m ac fe'I dyluniwyd gan Adran Benseiri Cyngor Dinas Abertawe. Datblygwyd y cei cyfagos gan Rateheath Cyf. i ddarparu 67 fflat breifat am gost o £1.8m ym 1985. Enwir Cei Arethusa ar ôl H.M.S. Arethusa ac fe'I hagorwyd gan yr Ôl-Lyngesydd R.A. Snow ar 3 Awst 1984

Cei Fictoria

Dechreuwyd datblygu Cei Fictoria ym 1983 a chwblhawyd y gwaith 3 blynedd yn ddiweddarach. Wedi ei adeiladu ar gost o £5m gan Whitegates Cyf., mae'r datblygiad yn darparu 72 o fflatiau, siopau, bar gwin, parlwr hufen iâ a thafarn / bwyty.

Mae'r cerfiadau cerrig ar y llawr isaf yn ymwneud â hanes a datblygiad rheilffyrdd ager. Mae'r amryw gerrig yn cynrychioli Pen-y-Darren Trevithick (1804), Roced Stephenson (1829) a'r logo LMS ymhlith eraill. Mae'r plac sy'n wynebu'r Amgueddfa Diwydiant a Môr yn dangos locomotif Webb 2.4.2 yng Ngorsaf Fictoria. Mae'r enw Cei Fictoria yn deillio o'r Orsaf Drenau Fictoriadd, a fu'n sefyll am bron i 100 mlynedd ar safle'r Ganolfan Hamdden bresennol.

Mae'r amgueddfa newydd yn adrodd stori hanes diwydiannol a morol Cymru, gan amlygu effaith ddramatig diwydiannaeth ar y bobl a'r dirwedd. Mae'r amgueddfa hefyd yn adlewyrchu'r rôl bwysig a chwaraewyd gan Abertawe a'i chefnwlad, wrth i Gymru ddatblygu yn y pendraw i fod yn genedl ddiwydiannol gyntaf y byd.

Defnyddiwyd y dechnoleg gyfrifiadurol ddiweddaraf i ychwanegu at yr amgueddfa gydag arddangosfeydd clyweled a rhyngweithiol ym mhob un o'r 15 oriel.

Y Pwmpdy a'r Cei

Enwir y Cei hwn ar ôl yr hen Bwmpdy Hydrolig y mae ei dwr wedi bod yn amlwg yn Noc y De ers dechrau'r ugeinfed ganrif. Wedi'i adeiladu ym 1900 i gyflenwi pwer i'r bont droi newydd a'r lociau, roedd yr adeilad yn cymryd lle'r hen beirianwaith a osodwyd gan James Abernethy a Syr George Armstrong.

Defnyddiwyd yr adeilad am y tro olaf ym 1971 pan adawodd y llong olaf o Ddoc y De. Erbyn y 1970'au hwyr roedd yr adeilad wedi'i fandaleiddio a'r peiriannau wedi rhydu cymaint fel y bu rhaid eu symud iffwrdd ym 1981. Gwnaethpwyd gwaith adeiladu angenrheodiol iwneud yr adeilad yn ddiogel, yn dilyn dynodi'r lle yn Ardal Gadwraeth y flwyddyn flaenorol.  Fe'i marchnatwyd ar gyfer defnydd hamdden ym 1984, a'idrawsnewid am gost o £200,000 cyn iddo agor fel bwyty stêc ym 1985.  Ym 1987 rhoddwyd statws cofrestredig Graddfa 2 i'r Pwmpdy, fel adeilad o ddiddordeb hanesyddol a phensaernïol.

Cei Mannheim

Wedi'i enwi ar ôl un o efeilldrefi Abertawe, mae datblygiad tai cyhoeddus uchelgeisiol yn edrych allan dros Gei Manheim. Dyluniwyd y cyfnod cyntaf gan Adran Benseiri Cyngor Abertawe ac fe'i cwblhawyd ym 1988. Costiodd £1.5m a darparodd 50 o fflatiau lloches, siopau a fferyllydd.

Roedd y cyfnod hwn hefyd yn cynnwys adsefydlu a thrawsnewid Ty Gloucester, hen adeilad swyddfeydd. Roedd yr ail gyfnod gan gwmni Shaw Homes yn cynnwys adeiladu 100 uned ychwanegol o dai cymdeithasol a 60 fflatiau i'w rhoi ar wreth. Mae'r datblygiad 4 llawr hwn yn defnyddio system fframwaith goed ac fe gostiodd £4.5m.

Glanfa Pockett
Datblygiad defnydd cymysg yw hwn sy'n cynnwwys pedwar deg o fflatiau 2 a 3 ystafell wely ac arwynrbedd llawr masnachol sy'n cynnwys un o brif fanciau'r Stryd Fawr

Fe'i hadeiladwyd gan Lovell Urban Renewal ym 1993 ac mae'n ctnnwys un bloc o dri adeilad wedi eu cysylltu'n ddi-dor, mewn cynllun tro cam. Mae'r elfen dalaf yn 152 troedfedd o ran uchder ac mae'n ffurfio un o brif nodweddion y ffordd i mewn i Ardal y Môr i gyfeiriad y môr.

Mae'r deunyddiau a ddefnyddiwyd i adeiladu Glanfa Pockett yn cydweddu â gweddill yr ardal, sef bricsen allanol ocr, carreg ailgyfansoddiedig a balconïau metel.

Angorfeydd Newydd Yn Y Tawe

Un o'r cymdeithasau cyntaf i elwa o statws newydd yr afon fel llyn hirfain, gyda menediad i'r môr trey loc, oedd Clwb Hwylio a Thanddwr Abertawe, a leolir ar Heol Burrows.

Mewn cynllun sydd wedi ehaugu'r marina cychod hwylio allan i'r afon, ychwanegwyd 200 o angorfeydd newydd ar bontynau sydd wedi eu hangori i waelod yr afon y tu allan i fynedfa'r marina. Agorwyd yr angorfeydd newydd yn ffurfiol ym mis Rhagfyr 1992 gan Robin Knox Johnson, gyda hwylwyr lleol yn eu defnyddio ar unwaith.

Sgwâr a Chei Ferrara

Mae dinas Ferrara yng Ngogledd yr eidal wedi ei gefeillio ag Abertawe ac mae enw'r sgwâr hwn yn dathlu hyn. Ffurfir Sgwâr Ferrara gan ochr orllewinol datblygiad Kingdomwide, tra datblygiad Lovell Urban Renewal gwerth £11m yn edrych drios y cei.

Mae placiau carreg niferus oddi mewn i'r Sgwâr ac o gwmpas iddo yn cydnabod y cyfnod yn ystod y dadeni pan oedd Ferrara yn ei hanterth, a gellir cael mwy o fanylion am hyn yng nghanlaw treftadaeth Stony Stories iArdal y Môr.

Mae'r cerflun yng nghanol Sgwâr Ferrara o John Henry Vivian (1779 - 1885), wedi'iwneudd o efydd a'igerflunio gan I. Evan Thomas, John Henry Vivian oedd sylfaenydd y gwaith smeltio copor ar lannau'r Tawe a bu'n AS Abertawe am chwe senedd yn olynol (23 mlynedd).

Pentref y Môr

Pentref y Môr yw o'r safleoedd datblygu mwyaf o fewn Ardal y Môr, gan gynnwys 265 o unedau tai a 6 siop.

Wedi'i ei adeiladu gan Lovell Developments am gost o £11m ym 1988, fe'i lleolir rhwng glan y môr a Basn Doc y De. Mae ganddo olygfa dros ddatblygiad Cei Ferrara yn y dwyrain a daw i ben ychydig cyn Gwesty'r Marriott yn y gorllewin.

Y Gwesty

Mae gan Westai Marriott westy 4 seren, 117 gwely. A gwblhawyd ym 1989 ar ochr orllewinol Ardal y Môr. Roedd yn costio £6.5m i'w adeiladu, a chafwyd £2m o Grant Buddsoddiad Trefol. Mae'r cy'leusterau'n cy'nwys bwytai, barrau, pwll nofio ac ystafell gynadledda i 150 o bobi.

Mae'r adeilad 5 llawr hwn yn gwneud y defnydd gorau o'i leiliad gyda'r rhan fwyaf o'r ystafelloedd gwely yn adrych allan dros y dwr, naill ai at Ddoc y De neu Fae Abertawe.

Ffryntaid Afon Porth Tawe

Mae'r Morglawdd a'r lefel afon sefydlog y mae'n ei sicrhau wedi gwella'r potensial i ddatblygu'r ardal hon. O golygfeydd dros yr afon a bydd rhaid i unrhyw adeiladau newydd yn y dyfodol ymateb yn gryf i'r fath safle ar lan y dwr.

Y nod yw creu amgylchedd bywiog ar lan yr afon gyda llawer o weithgarwch ar y dwr, a bydd amrywiaeth y gweithgareddau yn cael eu hannog gan ddatblygiad cymysg a'i fywiogi gan fynediad cyhoeddus parhaol. Gallai defnydd cymysg gynnwys parc busnes a chanolfan dulliau newydd, tai, bwyd a diod, ynghyd â chyfleusterau manwerthu a gwasanaeth lleol. Bydd y tai yn adlewyrchu'r hyn a gier yn Ardal y Môr.