{"id":42589,"date":"2020-03-17T13:04:02","date_gmt":"2020-03-17T13:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=42589"},"modified":"2020-03-17T13:04:02","modified_gmt":"2020-03-17T13:04:02","slug":"laundry-quarter-to-rise-from-site-of-demolished-160-year-old-building","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2020\/03\/17\/laundry-quarter-to-rise-from-site-of-demolished-160-year-old-building\/","title":{"rendered":"&#039;Laundry Quarter&#039; to rise from site of demolished 160-year-old building"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The new housing development in Canton hopes to tell the story of the site\u2019s history<\/h3>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/top-image-7-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-42597\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/top-image-7-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/top-image-7-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/top-image-7-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/top-image-7-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/top-image-7-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/top-image-7-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/top-image-7-293x165.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/top-image-7-1400x788.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/top-image-7-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-42597\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/top-image-7-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/top-image-7-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/top-image-7-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/top-image-7-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/top-image-7-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/top-image-7-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/top-image-7-293x165.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/top-image-7-1400x788.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>The old laundry site on Llandaff Road is currently under demolition. Photo credit: I Loves The &#8216;Diff.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>A FORMER laundry site which served Pontcanna for over 160 years is currently being demolished to make way for a housing development.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Vaughan\u2019s Laundry was a dry-cleaning business set up 1860 by William Vaughan. <\/p>\n\n\n<p>Vaughan was an established businessman, councillor and Methodist who attended Conway Road Methodist Church.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p>The Llandaff Road site served as the headquarters of WE Vaughan &amp; Co, Mr Vaughan\u2019s 22-shop business, until it closed in the 1970s.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/final-final-map-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-42648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/final-final-map-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/final-final-map-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/final-final-map-770x433.png 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/final-final-map-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/final-final-map-2048x1152.png 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/final-final-map-500x281.png 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/final-final-map-293x165.png 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/final-final-map-1400x788.png 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/final-final-map-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-42648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/final-final-map-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/final-final-map-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/final-final-map-770x433.png 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/final-final-map-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/final-final-map-2048x1152.png 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/final-final-map-500x281.png 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/final-final-map-293x165.png 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/final-final-map-1400x788.png 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>A map showing the location of the Llandaff Road site.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>In more recent history, the site has been the home of several independent, creative businesses, including the Bone Yard, the Dusty Knuckle and the Printhaus.&nbsp;  &nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n<p>Jodie\nDriscoll\nof the Bone Yard said the old laundry site was the birthplace of the business.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cAt the\ntime it was the first shipping container development in Cardiff,\u201d she said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt quickly\nbecame a thriving community of creative businesses,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/image-2-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-42598\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/image-2-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/image-2-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/image-2-1-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/image-2-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/image-2-1-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/image-2-1-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/image-2-1-293x165.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/image-2-1-1400x788.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/image-2-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-42598\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/image-2-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/image-2-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/image-2-1-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/image-2-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/image-2-1-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/image-2-1-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/image-2-1-293x165.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/03\/image-2-1-1400x788.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>Developers Portabella UK are transforming the site into a residential and commercial space called the Laundry Quarter. Photo credit: Portabella UK<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>The site is now set to enter the modern age as Cardiff&#8217;s latest new development.  <\/p>\n\n\n<p>Developers, Portabella UK, received planning permission to redevelop the site in late February this year.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p>The new\nplans, the\n\u2018Laundry Quarter\u2019 will include 16 houses, two lofts, 16 apartments\nand nine retail spaces for independent businesses which\nPortabella UK hope will enhance the neighbourhood in terms of goods and\nservices.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs custodians of the site\u2019s future, we felt it was a good\nopportunity to tell the story and remind about Vaughan Laundry and its service\nto the city for more than 150 years,\u201d said developer Peter Reilly.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Mr Reilly said many of their team have lived in Pontcanna and have a history of redevelopment in the area, including the conversion of St Winefride\u2019s Hospital in 2014.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p>When the\nformer owner of the laundry site retired, he approached Portabella UK to buy\nthe land.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere were a\nnumber of interesting buildings on site but they were sadly beyond repair and\nso we used some of the background history to help inform our development with\nthe massing, layout and choice of materials,\u201d said Mr\nReilly.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Mr Reilly also said he hopes to attract similar independent businesses to the nine commercial spaces which are to be included in the Laundry Quarter development.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new housing development in Canton hopes to tell the story of the site\u2019s history A FORMER laundry site which served Pontcanna for over 160 years is currently being demolished to make way for a housing development.&nbsp;&nbsp; Vaughan\u2019s Laundry was a dry-cleaning business set up 1860 by William Vaughan. 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