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'You and Yours' listeners may have been aware of this piece of legislation, but just in case anyone thinks it could be of use here's further info:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/youandyours/items/04/2006_47_tue.shtml
The interview on that isn't as stated, so here it is:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/youandyours/items/04/2006_47_thu.shtml
Here's SAVE's casework news report on those:
Town Houses
There are a number of cases from the Buildings at Risk Register that have seen some dramatic changes over the past year. Unfortunately, in some cases it has been change for the worse: we have recently been informed of Listed Building Consent having been given for the demolition of four very handsome townhouses on Burton Street in Wakefield. We were doubly disappointed to learn that in this case the Wakefield Civic Society backed the demolition, and in fact nominated the houses for the new 'Demolition' series to be screened on Channel 4. The Civic Society considers them an eyesore, beyond use. Naturally we dispute this.
There is still some chance that the scheme will not be implemented, but this case is just one of many where listed buildings are sacrificed on the altar of regeneration. At SAVE, we believe strongly that historic buildings in regeneration areas should become part of the scheme as a whole. With a bit of creative thinking this can be achieved, but unfortunately when a building is already in decay, the prospect of making use of it is rarely taken seriously at the outset. It is therefore with great approval that we note the efforts of Middlesborough Metropolitan Borough Council, which has a policy of mothballing redundant historic buildings in regeneration areas, in the knowledge that these buildings will be an important part of the future of the city.
Picture and listing description:
[Open Image] [Hosted by PhotoGalaxy.com]
© Mr John Turner
IoE number: 447283
Location: WAKEFIELD, WAKEFIELD, WEST YORKSHIRE
Photographer: Mr John Turner
Date Photographed: 24 March 2001
Date listed: 10 April 1990
Date of last amendment: 10 April 1990
Grade II
SE 3221 BURTON STREET
(south west side)
3/103 Nos 15 and 17
SE 3221 BURTON STREET (south west side) 3/103 Nos 15 and 17 GV II Pair of houses. Circa 1800. Red brick with slate roofs, a single gable stack and a small lateral stack. 2 storey, 5 bay. Street front has central boarded glazing bar sash, flanked by single round headed boarded doorways with pilaster surrounds and flat entablature hoods. Beyond to left a single glazing bar sash, and beyond to right a single plain sash, both boarded. Above a central glazing bar sash, flanked by slightly narrower windows, that to the left a glazing bar sash and that to the right a plain sash, flanked again by single similar sashes.
http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/search/details.aspx?pid=1&id=447283
Another:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/youandyours/items/02/2007_08_thu.shtml
And:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/youandyours/items/01/2007_08_mon.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/youandyours/items/04/2006_47_tue.shtml
The interview on that isn't as stated, so here it is:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/youandyours/items/04/2006_47_thu.shtml
Here's SAVE's casework news report on those:
Town Houses
There are a number of cases from the Buildings at Risk Register that have seen some dramatic changes over the past year. Unfortunately, in some cases it has been change for the worse: we have recently been informed of Listed Building Consent having been given for the demolition of four very handsome townhouses on Burton Street in Wakefield. We were doubly disappointed to learn that in this case the Wakefield Civic Society backed the demolition, and in fact nominated the houses for the new 'Demolition' series to be screened on Channel 4. The Civic Society considers them an eyesore, beyond use. Naturally we dispute this.
There is still some chance that the scheme will not be implemented, but this case is just one of many where listed buildings are sacrificed on the altar of regeneration. At SAVE, we believe strongly that historic buildings in regeneration areas should become part of the scheme as a whole. With a bit of creative thinking this can be achieved, but unfortunately when a building is already in decay, the prospect of making use of it is rarely taken seriously at the outset. It is therefore with great approval that we note the efforts of Middlesborough Metropolitan Borough Council, which has a policy of mothballing redundant historic buildings in regeneration areas, in the knowledge that these buildings will be an important part of the future of the city.
Picture and listing description:
[Open Image] [Hosted by PhotoGalaxy.com]
© Mr John Turner
IoE number: 447283
Location: WAKEFIELD, WAKEFIELD, WEST YORKSHIRE
Photographer: Mr John Turner
Date Photographed: 24 March 2001
Date listed: 10 April 1990
Date of last amendment: 10 April 1990
Grade II
SE 3221 BURTON STREET
(south west side)
3/103 Nos 15 and 17
SE 3221 BURTON STREET (south west side) 3/103 Nos 15 and 17 GV II Pair of houses. Circa 1800. Red brick with slate roofs, a single gable stack and a small lateral stack. 2 storey, 5 bay. Street front has central boarded glazing bar sash, flanked by single round headed boarded doorways with pilaster surrounds and flat entablature hoods. Beyond to left a single glazing bar sash, and beyond to right a single plain sash, both boarded. Above a central glazing bar sash, flanked by slightly narrower windows, that to the left a glazing bar sash and that to the right a plain sash, flanked again by single similar sashes.
http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/search/details.aspx?pid=1&id=447283
Another:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/youandyours/items/02/2007_08_thu.shtml
And:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/youandyours/items/01/2007_08_mon.shtml