{"id":21892,"date":"2019-03-05T17:38:26","date_gmt":"2019-03-05T17:38:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=21892"},"modified":"2019-03-05T17:38:26","modified_gmt":"2019-03-05T17:38:26","slug":"ihbcs-heritage-from-the-doorstep-blue-pub-told-to-change-colour-to-match-town-heritage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=21892","title":{"rendered":"IHBC\u2019s \u2018Heritage from the doorstep\u2019: Blue pub told to change colour to match town heritage"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"website\"<\/a>The Morning Advertiser<\/em> has reported on how Newark and Sherwood District Council has said the White Hind’s new blue look must match its conservation area heritage aesthetic.<\/h3>\n

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The Morning Advertiser <\/em>writes:<\/p>\n

One licensee has been left feeling blue after being told his pub\u2019s new shade goes against regulations over the building\u2019s listed status and place in a conservation area. Licensee Richard Belam said it was unfair for the paint job at the White Hind in Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, to be called ‘incongruous’ by the council.<\/p>\n

Newark and Sherwood District Council said it was \u2018committed to preserving and maintaining the town\u2019s heritage,\u2019 and considerate of the local character present in its rows of cream-coloured Georgian sites. Consent is a legal requirement for alterations that affect a listed site\u2019s character as a building of special architectural or historic interest. After almost a decade standing derelict, the pub reopened\u00a0 in 2010 under the name Belam\u2019s Bar and Bistro following \u2018blood, sweat, tears and a lot of help from good friends,\u2019 said Belam. However, the pub saw a drop in trade last year owing to anti-social behaviour on the high street and congested roads, with local businesses struggling to meet their overheads, Belam explained.<\/p>\n

A decision to rebrand in December 2018 signalled the \u2018last straw\u2019 to revive the pub\u2019s fortune. Changes included reverting to the pub\u2019s historic name, the introduction of a carvery – and a fresh lick of paint. But the council dubbed the steel blue as \u2018out of character and imposing\u2019 among its more subdued neighbouring buildings. A pale grey shade on the upper-half of the pub has also been opposed owing to the colour contrast.<\/p>\n

\u2018We feel this is unfair as the colour hides some of the building’s defects and will not take as much maintenance to keep clean. We are making every effort to maintain our business properly and help boost the local economy,\u2019 Belam told The Morning Advertiser. Other listed businesses in the area were \u2018deteriorating daily\u2019 and not being made to keep up with heritage guidelines and rules, he maintained.<\/p>\n

Matt Lamb, business manager of planning development at the council, said the colours were \u2018not in keeping\u2019 with those normally permitted within the Conservation Area, and that it would be working to agree a new colour scheme for the pub. While buildings in the area are generally built from red brick, the White Hind is an example of several rendered and painted buildings \u2018predominantly, albeit not exclusively, in pale shades such as creams and whites,\u2019 Lamb explained.<\/p>\n

\u2018The use of the blue shade in this context (on a building of this age and form) and over such a large area is out of character and imposing. The style of this listed building is one seen reflected throughout the town in attractive rows of Georgian town houses and this consistency gives the town a strong local character which is a positive feature of Newark, which the new colour of the pub is not in keeping with. We are more than happy to discuss alternative colour schemes and timescales and costs involved in this.\u2019 The pub must now apply for retrospective planning permission or decide on a new colour.<\/p>\n

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