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Originally Posted by susie123
Yes, it is grade II listed by English Heritage but as I mentioned in post 86 they are only interested in the outside, for its streetscape value I guess. The inside is dismissed as unimportant.
AS far as I am aware the listing means that change of use etc is limited and also materials used in maintenance and renovation are strictly controlled. I don't there are any pressures on owners of listed properties as far as upkeep is concerned which is why so many are allowed to decay, probably in the hope they will fall down or have to be demolished thus freeing the land for more profitable development. Either that, or the time delays in obtaining planning permission caused by the building's being listed means that the building's decay is inevitable.
These remarks come from me as an ex-owner of a listed building: the house we lived in before we moved to Morecambe. So they are reasonably accurate I hope.
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Certainly wouldn't doubt you susie, EH is a thorn in everybody's side, its fine wanting to keep these old buildings but they do nothing to assist in the upkeep, which to me is wrong