{"id":8092,"date":"2016-01-12T20:11:36","date_gmt":"2016-01-12T20:11:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/?p=8092"},"modified":"2016-01-12T20:11:36","modified_gmt":"2016-01-12T20:11:36","slug":"splott-residents-oppose-plans-demolish-university-building","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2016\/01\/12\/splott-residents-oppose-plans-demolish-university-building\/","title":{"rendered":"Splott residents oppose plans to demolish university building"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PROTESTERS took to the streets of Cardiff this afternoon\u00a0to protest against plans to demolish the Splott University Settlement.<br \/>\nThe proposed plans, put forward by property developer John Smart Ltd, will see the historic building replaced with 36 apartment block flats.<br \/>\nCampaigners had appealed for Cadw\u2019s help but the building was refused listed status. Now a petition to save it has attracted the signatures of 2,300 people.<br \/>\nThe building\u2019s history can be traced back to 1895 when Tom Jones, later a cabinet minister in David Lloyd George and Ramsay MacDonald\u2019s government, set up the university&#8217;s Fabian Society to support female trade unionists against sweated labour.<br \/>\nAnother prominent figure connected with the building was Ronald Burrows,\u00a0a close friend of Labour Prime Minister Ramsey MacDonald, who played a key role in the decision to send allied troops to Salonika in 1915.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8100\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8100\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Splott-uni.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8100\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Splott-uni-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"The historical Splott University building\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8100\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8100\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Splott-uni-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"The historical Splott University building\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> <strong>The historical Splott University building<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nThe building was\u00a0designed\u00a0by architect Robert Weir Schultz, and was used for social and educational purposes.<br \/>\nThe university held meetings there on subjects such as the suffragette movement, and penny dinners for schoolchildren. It was \u00a0also used for concerts by notable musicians.<br \/>\nTowards the end of the First World War the building was transformed into a hospital for shell-shocked soldiers returning from the front line.<br \/>\nThe building is better known in the area as the first Catholic Grammar School in Wales.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Ed-Stubbs.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8101\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Ed-Stubbs-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Labour councillor Edward Stubbs addresses the crowd \" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8101\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Ed-Stubbs-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Labour councillor Edward Stubbs addresses the crowd \" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><br \/>\nLabour councillor Edward Stubbs addresses the crowd<br \/>\nSplott artist Glen Davidson, a resident of Cardiff for 40 years, said: \u201cI feel very passionate about this building because Splott University was the start of the cultural sector in Cardiff.<br \/>\n\u201cIt was where people who were committed to bringing education to those who could not afford it went.<br \/>\n\u201cWe\u2019ve got a city which is disappearing fast, the meaning of the city, our memories and those that went before us are carried through the city.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8102\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8102\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Protestors.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8102\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Protestors-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Protestors\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8102\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8102\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Protestors-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Protestors\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> <strong>Campaigners protest against plans to\u00a0demolish the Splott University Settlement.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n\u201cIf you knock places like this down, and you don\u2019t keep any of the previous buildings, you lose that meaning, there is no relationship.\u201d<br \/>\nLabour councillor for Splott Edward Stubbs opposes the plan for what he views as an important building.<br \/>\n\u201cThe first time I saw the building it really struck me, it is so beautiful,&#8221; he said.<br \/>\n\u201cIt\u2019s also of significant historical importance.\u00a0<span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">It\u2019s not acceptable, we will be taking this to CADW tomorrow, we will be taking the petition to John Smart today to say stop this cultural and landscape vandalism.<\/span><br \/>\n\u201cWe will also be taking our argument to the planning committee tomorrow afternoon.\u201d<br \/>\n<span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">Cardiff Council\u2019s Planning Committee will meet on Wednsday\u00a0at County Hall, Atlantic Wharf, to discuss the matter.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PROTESTERS took to the streets of Cardiff this afternoon\u00a0to protest against plans to demolish the Splott University Settlement. 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