{"id":16608,"date":"2017-09-08T16:59:39","date_gmt":"2017-09-08T15:59:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=16608"},"modified":"2017-09-18T11:21:20","modified_gmt":"2017-09-18T10:21:20","slug":"developer-who-destroyed-historic-bristol-ceiling-says-they-acted-to-respect-safety-of-building","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=16608","title":{"rendered":"Developer who destroyed historic Bristol ceiling says they acted to \u2018respect safety of building\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/B247_website080917.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-16609\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/B247_website080917.png\" alt=\"B24\/7 website 080917\" width=\"250\" height=\"207\" \/><\/a>The \u2018wilful destruction\u2019 of a 400-year-old Jacobean ceiling in the heart of Bristol\u2019s Old City has sparked calls for a planning loophole to be closed.<\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The BBC writes:<\/p>\n<p>Historic England (HE) said it received an urgent listing request last week but the ceiling was \u2018deliberately removed\u2019 before it could be assessed.<\/p>\n<p>The owner of the building has yet to respond to requests for comment.<\/p>\n<p>An HE spokeswoman said the developers had been \u2018legally within their rights\u2019 to remove the ceiling.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2018We understand a significant amount of the elaborate Jacobean ceiling was deliberately removed and destroyed yesterday, before we were able to see inside the building,\u2019 a spokeswoman said.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We are continuing with the listing assessment but are saddened that this important 400-year-old feature has been lost for future generations.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>See the\u00a0<a style=\"color: #ff4b33;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-england-bristol-41109143\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BBC News Report<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bristol 247 news writes:<\/p>\n<p>Developers intent on turning the historic Small Street building into student flats met with widespread condemnation\u2026 after ripping out the ornate craftsmanship inside. But the company has responded to criticism, saying it took action because the premises had become dangerous and it needed to \u2018respect the safety\u2019 of the site.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bristol247.com\/news-and-features\/news\/developer-destroyed-historic-bristol-ceiling-acted-respect-safety-building\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/p\/uk-parliament-give-automatic-interim-protection-to-buildings-proposed-for-listing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View the petition<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The \u2018wilful destruction\u2019 of a 400-year-old Jacobean ceiling in the heart of Bristol\u2019s Old City has sparked calls for a planning loophole to be closed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16608"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16608\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16702,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16608\/revisions\/16702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}