Thousands of pounds of work to be done at a Builth Wells eyesore site
Thousands of pounds of work will be carried out at an eyesore site in Builth Wells to transform it for the town
Builth Wells Town Council has agreed to work with Builth Pottery Hwb to replace 122 tiles at the Croeso site in the centre of the town.
Blue Macaskill at the pottery hwb said they would like to run workshops to come up with designs for the tiles and community input and they may be able to get funding for the workshops.
Blue said words, images and symbols could be included on the tiles and councillors and the town clerk could visit a workshop as an event.
“The tiles could be plain colours, have a pattern design or written words and a colour design. This would be done on frost strengthened clay with underglazes for a high quality finish.
“Design ideas could include a view of Builth, postcards from Builth with children’s wishes and hopes and dreams of the future skies, rivers and hills, generic pattern design reflecting the beautiful valley, a Builth motto and there would be opportunities to open polls and generate a collective design by the town.
“It would be exciting of the area was reclaimed by a local artist and young people made for the community,” Blue added
The four inch handmade tiles would cost about £872 and half day workshops would be £150
The council will also repair where possible and replace if needed nine benches at a cost of £1080 and the area will be repainted.
Builth Wells Mayor Councillor Gwyn Davies said he also believed the council would need to set aside about £2,000 for labour and hidden costs.
Councillor Mark Hammond said the council had earmarked £20,000 for a community project in the town.
Members said it would be lovely to have designs from children in the town for the tiles.
Members unanimously agreed to go ahead with the project.
The site, which commemorates the Investiture of the current Prince of Wales at Caernarvon Castle in 1969, has become an eyesore.
The town council has said for a couple of years that they would like to be able to upgrade it, but there had been issues with the ownership of the site. Discussions have led to a solution recently.
