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Originally Posted by Judith Addison
I would love to see something done with this building - it is in the Rhyddings Conservation Area but has been standing empty since the doctors moved out a few years ago. The adjoining Rhyddings Mill site is also a mess and has frequently been fire-damaged. Parts of it are listed but I understand that an application for delisting has been with English Heritage for several months. If delisting was obtained it is possible that the old mill building would be demolished and the site redeveloped. Residents have also been fighting for a long time to have the public right of way reopened that goes through from Rhyddings Street (facing Ossy Con) to Stone Bridge Lane (facing Stone Bridge Garage). The modern warehouse-type building between Rhyddings Mill and Charles Street has also been standing empty since the Global Conference Centre (formerly Hope Centre) moved out. Plenty of potential for redevelopment of this area. Also the vacant land rear of 1 to 31 Catlow Hall Street.
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Think the pathway through to Stone Bridge Lane is actually Watson Street Judith, as that was the address of the bowling green which was the car park of the hope centre, years ago and was sold to Shopfitters as part of the deal to refurbish the Club in 1966. The buildings or should I say ruins of the old mill should have been demolished years ago, sometime English Heritage don't use common sense, some things can't be saved, this is one of them