image for illustration: Percy Brothers Ltd – the Hotspur Press by Stephen Craven, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
It has been decided that the former mill and printing press on Manchester’s Gloucester Street is not worthy of protected status, paving the way for its redevelopment into a 37-storey student tower, reports Place North West.
Place North West writes:
The Department for Culture Media and Sport informed developer Manner… that it would not be listing Hotspur Press on the recommendation of Historic England…
Richard James, managing director at Manner, said: ‘This is a huge win for the local community and the city…
Historic England had refused to list Hotspur Press once before… 2019… did not meet the threshold for architectural or historic interest required for it to receive protected status…
