Storage and offices scheme for long-empty ex-workhouse

A former 19th century workhouse which later became an NHS health centre is set for a new lease of life as part of a plan to promote enterprise in Pwllheli.

- By DALE SPRIDGEON

The former Pwllheli Poor Law Union, which later would become the Pwllheli Health Centre, is a complex of buildings in a residential area of the town centre.

The site on the Ala Road had been empty and disused for more than eight years, until it was finally sold by auction last year.

In a successful planning application to Cyngor Gwynedd, the site's owner Iwan Rhys Parry had called for a change of use of the former health centre in order to house storage units and offices.

His submission said he had a 'vision' to breathe new life into the building and to develop the site to attract local businesses.

Situated along the main A499, the workhouse was originally built in 1837.