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Actually no - listing is a different branch of EH to the rest. It surveys and recommends listings to the Secretary of State.
The local authority is the body with the remit for protection of Grade II buildings. EH might be concerned but officially it can do little about it. Id demolition is sought then SPAB and the AMS will have to be consulted, but bet they are taken little notice of.
In England the Buildings at Risk Register compiled by EH only has (outside London) I and II* buildings onit. SAVE therefore compliles one with II and other historic buildings on, but it's something which isn't publicly funded or a comprehensive survey.
If I lived locally and was interested I'd be contacting my local councillors the press and the Planning Dept and local Civic Societies etc and asking why a misleading statement has been put out by the local authority and why nothing has ever been done by it to secure this building. It is clear it wasn't a 'scenic relic' when listed, but a building which could have been repaired, apart from the fact the local authority hasn't bothered.
This building could be re-inhabited and what is left conserved; it wouldn't then be a new build. However, that may well be against local authority policy, as then every shed in an unsuitable and unsustainable location will be snapped up for a new build. This isn't the case here, but it does sound as though a rather special building has been lost.
The local authority is the body with the remit for protection of Grade II buildings. EH might be concerned but officially it can do little about it. Id demolition is sought then SPAB and the AMS will have to be consulted, but bet they are taken little notice of.
In England the Buildings at Risk Register compiled by EH only has (outside London) I and II* buildings onit. SAVE therefore compliles one with II and other historic buildings on, but it's something which isn't publicly funded or a comprehensive survey.
If I lived locally and was interested I'd be contacting my local councillors the press and the Planning Dept and local Civic Societies etc and asking why a misleading statement has been put out by the local authority and why nothing has ever been done by it to secure this building. It is clear it wasn't a 'scenic relic' when listed, but a building which could have been repaired, apart from the fact the local authority hasn't bothered.
This building could be re-inhabited and what is left conserved; it wouldn't then be a new build. However, that may well be against local authority policy, as then every shed in an unsuitable and unsustainable location will be snapped up for a new build. This isn't the case here, but it does sound as though a rather special building has been lost.