{"id":37088,"date":"2023-07-25T16:07:20","date_gmt":"2023-07-25T15:07:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=37088"},"modified":"2023-07-24T18:49:37","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T17:49:37","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-doorstep-former-hmrc-offices-gain-grade-ii-after-university-of-nottingham-purchase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=37088","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the doorstep\u2019: Former HMRC offices gain Grade II after University of Nottingham purchase"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-37089\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/CastleMeadowBusinessPark_Nottingham_StephenMcKay_CC_250723.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/>Nottingham&#8217;s Castle Meadow office buildings, which were occupied by around 2,000 HM Revenue &amp; Customs workers until 2021, have been Grade II-listed by the Department of Culture Media and Sport, reports <em>Nottinghamshire Live.<\/em><\/h3>\n<h6><em>image for illustration: <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Castle_Meadow_Business_Park_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4437573.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Castle Meadow Business Park<\/a> by Stephen McKay, CC BY-SA 2.0 , via <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/2.0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons<\/a><\/em><\/h6>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u2026the series of 1990s buildings\u2026.some of the youngest listed buildings in the UK\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n<p><em>Nottinghamshire Live<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n<p>Nottingham&#8217;s former HMRC offices have been awarded with a special status as plans to turn it into a new University of Nottingham campus progress. The Castle Meadow office buildings, which were occupied by around 2,000 HM Revenue &amp; Customs workers until 2021, have been Grade II-listed by the Department of Culture Media and Sport, affording them protected status due to their &#8220;special architectural or historic interest&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>This has made the series of 1990s buildings, which were purchased by the University of Nottingham in 2021 and are currently being made into a new city campus, some of the youngest listed buildings in the UK. The university explained it had been working with heritage bodies and the complex&#8217;s architect since buying the site, and that the listing would not affect its plans.<\/p>\n<p>A University of Nottingham spokesperson said: &#8220;The University has been working with English Heritage and the original architect Michael Hopkins &amp; Partners since the purchase of the site with the knowledge that the buildings may become listed in due course&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The campus was created after HMRC, known as Inland Revenue at the time, announced in 1989 that it would relocate almost 2,000 roles from London to Nottingham\u2026<\/p>\n<p>This led to an unusual open architectural competition being launched in 1992, with the architects Michael Hopkins &amp; Partners emerging as winners and building the complex in 1993-94&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nottinghampost.com\/news\/former-hmrc-offices-recognised-special-8499115\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nottingham&#8217;s Castle Meadow office buildings, which were occupied by around 2,000 HM Revenue &amp; Customs workers until 2021, have been Grade II-listed by the Department of Culture Media and Sport, reports Nottinghamshire Live. image for illustration: Castle Meadow Business Park &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=37088\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37088","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=37088"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37088\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37090,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37088\/revisions\/37090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}