removing sink in listed property

[Leith14]

Hi,

We have just moved to a grade II listed cottage; the front is 16th C but the back is a mixture of 20th C additions. There are 2 pink 1970's sinks in the bedrooms on the modern side of the house that are tatty and will never be used.

Any idea if we need to have consent to remove them? We know that listing protects the whole of the property but it would be rather annoying to have to ask for consent to remove outdated eye-sores from rooms built quite recently. We would take touching anything in the 16th C part of the house very seriously meantime.

I'm sure over time our experience will help us work out what needs consent and what doesn't but we wonder if anyone else has faced a similar dilemma and what they did!

Thank you.

 

[Gareth Hughes]

You need consent for anything that affects the character of the property, as a building of special architectural or historic interest.
Pink bedroom sinks don't come under that heading. A 1920s art deco bathroom might. One day the last surviving avocado suite will.

 

[Penners]

One day the last surviving avocado suite will.

Memo to self: must mention this to my 98-year-old father, whose bathroom suite is probably a candidate.

 

[Penners]

Leith14 - it might help you to know that Gareth speaks with a voice of professional authority.

 

[Leith14]

Thank you both!

Very helpful and rapid, I think the pink sinks' days are numbered. It does sound as though sanity prevails.

I appreciate your comments.

 

[Penners]

It does sound as though sanity prevails.

Or even sanitary?

:lol: :lol: :lol:

:roll:

 

[Keithj]

<groan>

 

[Penners]

Some people just don't appreciate sophisticated humour.

 

[Keithj]

Must've missed it. Better get up and go for breakfast.

 

[DJH]

Sinks? Sinks? They are basins...sinks are in kitchens. :evil: :evil:

Doug

 

[Penners]

Thank you, Doug. That's a message I have been trying to get through to my daughter for many years!

 

[Keithj]

Yes, and the things that dispense water into them aren't taps, either.