Drawing plan for Penylan House, Cardiff, August/September 1998

Description

An architectural drawing of the 'Existing Floor Plan' of Penylan House, Home for Aged Jews in Cardiff, dated August/September 1998. The drawing features the logo of the International Property Consultant, Chesterton, based at 12/13 Windsor Place, Cardiff. It is also stated that the plans were not hand-drawn, they were made using CAD (computer-aided design). Nine sick bays and over ten bedrooms are shown in the plans as well as the fire escape, the treatment room and the kitchen. Written over one of the corridors are the words 'HYACINTH WING'. The scale of the drawing is 1:100.

Pencare (formerly known as 'The Trustees of Penylan House') is a charity, which offers care for elderly people of the Jewish faith and is currently based in Cardiff, although the catchment area for the home covers South Wales and the West of England. Pencare has been working with Linc Cymru to redevelop their care home, Penylan House, to ensure high quality care to Cardiff's elderly Jewish community and extending the care to elderly people not of the Jewish faith.

Mr Henry Silver and other members of the Cardiff Jewish community had originally founded a Home for the Aged in 1946 in Canton. In December 1948, the Home moved to Holme Towers in Penarth to provide more space for its large number of applications. Despite the beautiful surroundings, the Home in Penarth was quite isolated, so the difficult decision was later taken to move the Home to Penylan Road in Cardiff, meaning many residents were now closer to their friends and relatives. Residents moved to Penylan House in February 1959.

Sources:
http://opencharities.org/charities/243968;
http://www.housingcare.org/downloads/facilities/generated-brochures/134508-penylan-house-nursing-home-cardiff-wales.pdf;
Cajex, Magazine of the Association of Jewish Ex-service Men and Women (Cardiff), Vol. IX, No. 1, Ninth Year - March 1959, pp. 60- 65.

Depository: Glamorgan Archives.