SA1 The Smelting Shed, Phoebe Road, Copper Quarter, Swansea

The property is a Grade II Listed former copper smelting shed and is one of the last remaining structures to survive from the industrial revolution when Swansea was the world centre of the copper smelting industry. The site extends to approximately 0.24 hectares (0.60 acres) and the building footprint is approximately 600 sq m (6,456 sq ft). The site and building has planning permission and Listed Building consent for the development of 12 high quality apartments including 22 car parking spaces. The consent is for the provision of six ground floor and six first floor apartments (two of which will have partial second floor accommodation), each comprising two bedrooms and two bathrooms with separate living/dining space and two car parking spaces (the two smallest apartments will have one space each).

Swansea is the second largest city in Wales and lies approximately 42 miles north west of Cardiff. The M4 motorway runs to the north of the city, which can be accessed via junctions 44 to 47 and the A483 dual acrriageway links the city centre with the M4 at junction 42 to the east and junction 47 to the north west. Swansea railway station provides regional rail links as well as regular direct services to Cardiff, Bristol and London Paddington. Additionally numerous bus routes serve the area.

The Copper Quarter lies approximately 2 miles north of the city centre on the east bank of the River Tawe close to the Swansea.com stadium, the Morfa Retail Park and Morrisons. The property lies on the west side of Phoebe Road opposite Ffordd Donaldson in a predominantly residential location.