Lewis Partnership help plan major revamp of Ty Elwyn in Llanelli

Llanelli-based architects the Lewis Partnership Ltd are playing a key role in the refurbishment of one of Llanelli’s landmark buildings.
Ty Elwyn – the local government building named after one of Llanelli’s favourite sons, Lord Elwyn Jones – is getting an internal makeover.
“As a leading firm of South Wales architects based just around the corner from Ty Elwyn, we are delighted to be working with Carmarthenshire Council on this project,” said Lewis Partnership Ltd managing director Phil Lewis, pictured above.
“Some careful planning and logistical expertise has been needed to make sure that the refurbishment can go ahead with minimal disruption to the important work that goes on in Ty Elwyn, which is obviously one of Carmarthenshire Council’s key administration sites.
“The refurbishment works will take in all five floors of the building and the project is valued at more than £1 million.
“The building dates back to the early 1980s and the refurbishment will give it a new lease of life.”
Ty Elwyn was originally constructed as the headquarters of the old Llanelli Borough Council.
The original building works took 22 months and the building was officially opened on 19 March 1982.
The new office block was named after Frederick Elwyn Jones, who had been born at 132 Old Castle Road, the son of Frederick Jones, a tinplate worker at the Old Castle Works and Elizabeth Jones, whose parents were formerly of Penygaer and Cyncoed Bach.
Lord Elwyn Jones was Attorney General in the UK Government and one of the chief prosecutors in the Nuremburg war crimes trials in Germany at the end of World War Two.