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Another piece of history destroyed
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maggiewinchester | Report | 9 Feb 2018 19:33 |
Do you know, I only said my daughter was a bit 'gutted' the building had burnt down - because her ancestors had worked there. |
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maggiewinchester | Report | 9 Feb 2018 19:26 |
True Dermot!! :-D :-D :-D |
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Caroline | Report | 9 Feb 2018 18:50 |
stretching logic a little more should they sell French wine as it might get ruined in the heat of all these fires!! |
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Dermot | Report | 9 Feb 2018 18:46 |
Following the recent spate of fires in the UK, it is understandable why the French might be a little reluctant to lend us the Bayeux Tapestry. |
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Caroline | Report | 9 Feb 2018 18:28 |
So......we're back to what an unfortunate fire in someone family home. |
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RolloTheRed | Report | 9 Feb 2018 18:26 |
They bought a .listed building and made all kinds of changes to suit their business and life style. Now it is all gone in 60 minutes or so. |
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maggiewinchester | Report | 9 Feb 2018 18:17 |
Rollo, you say: |
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Caroline | Report | 9 Feb 2018 17:52 |
"why should the usage of a listed bhulding as a home be a consideration in whether to use public funds to help with the restoration? A silly idea and fortunately not policy." |
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RolloTheRed | Report | 9 Feb 2018 17:44 |
why should the usage of a listed bhulding as a home be a consideration in whether to use public funds to help with the restoration? A silly idea and fortunately not policy. |
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Caroline | Report | 9 Feb 2018 16:23 |
Maybe they even employed a qualified electrician to do the job...... |
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maggiewinchester | Report | 9 Feb 2018 15:31 |
As Caroline and I have both said, and you have acknowledged - it was a private building, 'restored' way beyond it's original purpose, and not open to the public. |
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Caroline | Report | 9 Feb 2018 14:23 |
Could be interesting as it was a family home before the fire, and as I questioned before how badly was it damaged from what I'm reading it might be beyond repair; I hope not. Their butchers is still open this weekend though as it was in a separate building. |
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RolloTheRed | Report | 9 Feb 2018 13:13 |
Historic England often helps with the financing of heritage building repair and restoration regardless of who owns the property. Fairly obviously owners and insurance companies have to bear a good part of the cost. |
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Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond | Report | 8 Feb 2018 22:09 |
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Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond | Report | 8 Feb 2018 22:09 |
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Caroline | Report | 8 Feb 2018 19:21 |
Do we know how much damage there actually was yet? From the pictures I've seen it looks totally gutted. |
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maggiewinchester | Report | 8 Feb 2018 19:19 |
The Rene Mackintosh building and the Cutty Sark were known worldwide. |
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Caroline | Report | 8 Feb 2018 19:17 |
Not so likely for a private house though surely? |
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RolloTheRed | Report | 8 Feb 2018 19:16 |
English Heritage will usually fork out towards fire damage concerning buildings important to our culture and history, large and small. Current large project is the Rene Mackintosh building in Glasgow. A past success after serlous fre damage was the Cutty Sark. |
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Caroline | Report | 8 Feb 2018 14:51 |
From the pictures it looks bad wonder if there's enough to restore or enough insurance money. |