The developer behind plans to demolish a Victorian industrial building in Glasgow to deliver a block of 60 apartments has against a recent decision to give it listed status.
image: for illustration – HES
… Paul Sweeney MSP applied to Historic Environment Scotland to have the building listed…
Scottish Construction Now writes:
In May last year, A10 Architects submitted an application on behalf of Weiss Development Co. Ltd to knock down the former City Sawmills office building at 124 Craighall Road to make way for a five/six-storey block.
A design document included with the proposal stated that “the original brick building is showing evidence of settlement where cracking and sagging is evident”, adding that it was not “feasible or practical” to keep the building….
However, Glasgow MSP Paul Sweeney MSP applied to Historic Environment Scotland to have the building listed and also got it covered by a preservation notice, whilst it was assessed.
The heritage body agreed and granted C-listed status…. The Architectural Heritage Society for Scotland (AHSS) also objected to the demolition, arguing that while the building is architecturally modest, it is representative of the untold histories of the working class.
Now Jonathan Weiss has applied for that decision to be overturned, arguing that “there is no historic, design or age significance to be found in 124 Craighall Road to warrant the building to have listing status”.
Responding to the appeal, Paul Sweeney MSP said: “This latest attempt by the developer to defy the weight of professional opinion from elected representatives and built heritage experts that the building is unwelcome….”