That's surely malicious and criminal damage. Yes, but try proving it, the local scalls will no doubt conveniently get the blame.
That's surely malicious and criminal damage. Yes, but try proving it, the local scalls will no doubt conveniently get the blame.
can you believe things like this are still going on in this day and age????? it defies all sense of decency and pride.
Haven't they learnt from the sailors home? the david lewis building? the cavern?
It's terrible, and heartbreaking to see workmen hacking into it.
They own the building.
It's not Listed.
They only need to say something stupid like the plasterwork wasn't safe.
All the decorations in the waiting room (possibly the only one in the country) were pulled off, because they suffered from "damp", yet they were all on interior walls!
This sort of deliberate vandalism is not new - the interior of the Odeon in Manchester was smashed so it couldn't be Listed.
as you say Daisychains, it's unbelievable that they would still be destroying stuff like this - in this day and age when we are supposed to be so much more sensitive to our historical buildings.
The city council is a joke. I went to see the plans and the info on Sandfield Tower on Monday at Millennium House and it was full of reports from poeple trying to demolish it - most of the archives were more concerned with a garden wall that had been knocked down rather than the bloody house itself!
When I was living in Liverpool a surprising number of listed buildings were destroyed by fire. The excuse given was that it was "caused by the rats".
All we could think was that the rats were rubbing their legs together and starting a fire.
Hello Danensis. Welcome. Did you see the 'now' shots i put up of a couple of your old Albert dock photies?
Preservation move threat to £100m Hope Street revamp
Feb 26 2008
by Liza Williams, Liverpool Daily Post
DOUBTS were raised yesterday about the future of a £100m Liverpool development, as a former hospital central in the plans achieved listed status.
Campaigners submitted an application to English Heritage to list two buildings on Hope Street – including former homeopathic hospital the Hahnemann Building – which are currently subject to plans for conversion into a boutique hotel, apartments and shops.
The Hahnemann has now been granted Grade II listed status but Maghull Developments, which has put forward a planning application for the part demolition and part conversion are confident the listing will not affect a planning committee decision due today.
The three storey building was built in 1886-7 and was designed by architects F&G Holme and funded by Sir Henry Tate as a free gift to Liverpool citizens.
It was originally called the Liverpool Hahnemann Hospital and Dispensary, being renamed the Liverpool Homeopathic Hospital in 1948.
In recent years it was used as part of Liverpool JMU’s School of Art and Design.
The current plans would convert the building into a hotel with restaurant, bar, spa and conference facilities. This would involve its partial demolition.
Campaigners are now waiting to hear whether a application to list neighbouring Josephine Butler House, also included in the development plans, has been successful.
It was formerly the Radium Institute, and was one of the first places in the country for patients to receive cancer treatments.
Cllr Berni Turner, executive member for the Environment said: “When I saw the plans for the Hahnemann Building I, along with Cllr Flo Clucas, immediately contacted English Heritage to see if we could get this amazing building listed.
“It was the first homeopathic dispensary in the country and the second homeopathic hospital and we do not want to lose a building with an amazing history such as that.
“We have been supported by Save Our City and other organisations and this success in safeguarding part of our history shows the value to the city of having a champion for the historic environment.
“Now we are campaigning to have Josephine Butler House, which is threatened with demolition, listed.”
But Mike Hanlon, managing director of Maghull Developments is confident the development will still go ahead.
He said: “We welcome the news that the Hahnemann building has been granted Grade II listed status and we have worked closely with the local planning authority, conservation officer, Victorian Society and English Heritage for two years to secure this.
“We presented our scheme to the city council planning officers on the basis that the building already had listed status.
“We feel confident that our plans will enhance the Hope Street area in general.”
Wayne Colquhoun, chair of Liverpool Preservation Trust added: “We need some kind of heritage bureau to make sure buildings like this are not threatened in the first place.”
Source: Liverpool Daily Post
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Building listed in move on heritage
Feb 26 2008
by Nick Coligan, Liverpool Echo
A FORMER hospital building at the heart of a £100m city centre development has been listed.
The Hahnemann building, in Hope Street, is earmarked to become a boutique hotel, with a modern extension.
But Liverpool council’s request to have the 120-year-old building listed was granted yesterday by English Heritage, which awarded it Grade II status.
The decision will make it more difficult for owner Maghull Developments to demolish or dramatically alter any part of the former homeopathic hospital.
Councillors were due to make a decision on the scheme today.
ECHO columnist Laurence Westgaph has called for the city to “fight tooth and nail” to protect it.
Source: Liverpool Echo
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