Another listed building goes up in smoke in Margate.
http://margatearchitecture.blogspot.com/2008/05/another-listed-building-in-margate-goes.html
I took quite a few photos.
this is the listing:
http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=356571&mode=quick
Apparently, the owner had failed to get a scheme for conversion
approved.
An empty site and insurance money in the bank would be so
much simpler than having to work within the constraints of a listed
building.
Outside the building this afternoon, I heard what I assume to be a
Fire Brigade engineer explaining to an interested party how the facade
was structurally sound even though the internal timber structure had
all gone.
Being a listed building, this could be bad news for the developer as
he could be made to work the facade into any new build and this will
be expensive. The rear wall also looks sound.
The original windows had already been lost and replaced with
victorian-style ones. Original windows were on the rear which show the
building was very very old - the sash boxes are external. So if the
building were to be reinstated, it might get the old style windows to the front.
Alternative situations could be another fire, an accidental knock with
a buldozer, get a structural engineer to say it is unsafe, or go for
the long term solution of putting scaffolding up and waiting a few
years for rain and frost to make it unsafe.
I'm going to do what I can to get what is left saved and the rest rebuilt.
Any advice?
http://margatearchitecture.blogspot.com/2008/05/another-listed-building-in-margate-goes.html
I took quite a few photos.
this is the listing:
http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=356571&mode=quick
Apparently, the owner had failed to get a scheme for conversion
approved.
An empty site and insurance money in the bank would be so
much simpler than having to work within the constraints of a listed
building.
Outside the building this afternoon, I heard what I assume to be a
Fire Brigade engineer explaining to an interested party how the facade
was structurally sound even though the internal timber structure had
all gone.
Being a listed building, this could be bad news for the developer as
he could be made to work the facade into any new build and this will
be expensive. The rear wall also looks sound.
The original windows had already been lost and replaced with
victorian-style ones. Original windows were on the rear which show the
building was very very old - the sash boxes are external. So if the
building were to be reinstated, it might get the old style windows to the front.
Alternative situations could be another fire, an accidental knock with
a buldozer, get a structural engineer to say it is unsafe, or go for
the long term solution of putting scaffolding up and waiting a few
years for rain and frost to make it unsafe.
I'm going to do what I can to get what is left saved and the rest rebuilt.
Any advice?