{"id":35571,"date":"2023-02-11T16:02:03","date_gmt":"2023-02-11T16:02:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=35571"},"modified":"2023-02-10T18:16:17","modified_gmt":"2023-02-10T18:16:17","slug":"historic-environment-scotland-rejects-calls-to-list-wyndford-flats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=35571","title":{"rendered":"Historic Environment Scotland rejects calls to list Wyndford flats"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-34501\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/High_flats_at_Wyndford_Road_geograph_2057121_Lairich_Rig_Wikimedia_Commons-225x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/>Historic Environment Scotland has decided not to list four multi-storey blocks in the Wyndford community which are subject to contentious demolition plans.<\/h3>\n<h6><em>image: for illustration \u2013 By Lairich Rig, CC BY-SA 2.0, <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=83342984\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Commons Wikimedia<\/a><\/em><\/h6>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">&#8230; buildings do not meet the criteria of special architectural or historic interest required for listing\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n<p><em>Scottish Construction Now<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n<p>The body which was set up to investigate, care for and promote Scotland\u2019s historic environment was asked to assess the four high-rise blocks at Wyndford Road in Maryhill for listing following a request from a member of the public.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026 the heritage body ruled the buildings do not meet the criteria of special architectural or historic interest required for listing\u2026<\/p>\n<p>A small group of protesters and a number of architects had called for the blocks to be saved claiming they were of architectural importance\u2026<\/p>\n<p>However, Historic Environment Scotland stated: \u201cWe assessed the four high-rise blocks at Wyndford Road, Maryhill. Our assessment found that the buildings do not meet the criteria of special architectural or historic interest required for listing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile the blocks have some importance in the context of post-war housing provision, our assessment concludes that they are not early, unusual or rare examples of their building type, and that they have also been substantially remodelled.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottishconstructionnow.com\/articles\/historic-environment-scotland-rejects-calls-to-list-wyndford-flats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>See more from HES <a href=\"https:\/\/www.historicenvironment.scot\/about-us\/news\/statement-on-wyndford-road-flats-maryhill\/\">HERE<\/a> and the full report <a href=\"https:\/\/portal.historicenvironment.scot\/decision\/500003627\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Historic Environment Scotland has decided not to list four multi-storey blocks in the Wyndford community which are subject to contentious demolition plans. image: for illustration \u2013 By Lairich Rig, CC BY-SA 2.0, Commons Wikimedia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35571","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\/35571","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35571"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35571\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35572,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35571\/revisions\/35572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}