Cardiff city centre getting new hotel replacing well-known businesses

Reem Ahmed

17 May 2024 at 1:54 am·2-min read

The former Royal Bank of Scotland unit on High Street in Cardiff -Credit:High Street Hotel (Cardiff) Ltd

A former bank in Cardiff city centre is set to be transformed into a hotel. Planning has been approved to convert the old Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) unit on High Street into 13 rooms.

It comes after Cardiff Council granted permission last year for the former Cranes Music store next door to be turned into 23 rooms. The approval to transform the two units means the new hotel will have 36 rooms in total, spanning 1-6 High Street.

Aptly named The High Street Hotel, it will overlook Cardiff Castle. The company behind the hotel, High Street Hotel (Cardiff) Ltd, is linked to the Welsh House restaurant group, which runs a restaurant adjacent to where the hotel will be located.

A spokesperson for the company said: "This is an incredibly exciting scheme for an area of Cardiff city centre which has become a hub for premium brands over the past few years. Having achieved planning for the upper floors of 5-6 High Street last year, and the ever-increasing popularity of Cardiff High Street; when the RBS bank became available, we seized the opportunity."

Outside The Welsh House in Cardiff, which opened in February 2023 -Credit:The Welsh House/Redefining Dining

Inside The Welsh House in Cardiff -Credit:The Welsh House/Redefining Dining

Welsh Construction company Calon Construction Ltd has been awarded principal contractor for both schemes overseeing the complete development of 1-6 High Street. A spokesman for Calon said: "We are pleased to be delivering yet another high-level scheme in Wales and look forward to handing over this key property in a sought after area later this year”

Lucy King, asset manager of the Castle Quarter Estate added: "We've been pleased to see the success of The Welsh House and welcome this latest addition to High Street's high quality independent hospitality offer, which complements our own ongoing investment in the development of the Castle Quarter Estate.

"The hotel is an innovative re-purposing of the former offices and bank, which will add much needed high-end hotel accommodation in this prime visitor location. We wish The Welsh House and the High Street Hotel scheme every success with this exciting new venture."

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