{"id":41319,"date":"2024-10-25T18:03:38","date_gmt":"2024-10-25T17:03:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=41319"},"modified":"2024-10-25T18:03:38","modified_gmt":"2024-10-25T17:03:38","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-portsmouth-doorstep-1-bid-to-list-portsmouths-civic-offices-fails-as-campaigners-fear-demolition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=41319","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the (Portsmouth) doorstep\u2019 1: Bid to list Portsmouth\u2019s Civic Offices fails as campaigners fear demolition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Portsmouth_Civic_Offices_-_geograph.org_.uk_-_5431843_Mike_Faherty_commons_wiki.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Portsmouth_Civic_Offices_-_geograph.org_.uk_-_5431843_Mike_Faherty_commons_wiki.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41320\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n<h6><em>image for illustration:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Portsmouth,_Civic_Offices_-_geograph.org.uk_-_5431843.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Portsmouth, Civic Offices<\/a> by Mike Faherty, <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/2.0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.0<\/a> , via Wikimedia Commons<\/em><\/h6>\n\n<h3>Disappointment has been expressed after a bid to have Portsmouth\u2019s civic offices listed failed \u2013 which it is feared will pave the way for its demolition, reports <em>The News.<\/em><\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><em>The News<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n<p>The application\u2026 to have the civic offices in Guildhall Square designated as a listed building was submitted to Historic England by The Twentieth Century Society (C20), a British heritage charity established in 1979\u2026.<\/p>\n<p>A Historic England spokesperson said: \u2018The Portsmouth Civic Offices building was designed in 1971-6 by post-war planners Teggin and Taylor as a key component in a wider masterplan for Portsmouth. We assessed the building for listing, but although Portsmouth Civic Offices has some architectural and historic interest, it is not sufficient to meet the criteria for listing a civic building of this date, and we therefore recommended that a Certificate of Immunity from listing should be issued. The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has decided that it is minded to grant a COI.\u2019\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.portsmouth.co.uk\/news\/politics\/bid-to-list-civic-offices-fails-as-campaigners-fears-decision-is-paving-the-way-for-demolition-4773802\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>image for illustration:\u00a0Portsmouth, Civic Offices by Mike Faherty, CC BY-SA 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons Disappointment has been expressed after a bid to have Portsmouth\u2019s civic offices listed failed \u2013 which it is feared will pave the way for its &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=41319\">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":[6,18,9,29,16],"class_list":["post-41319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog","tag-building","tag-conservation","tag-government","tag-heritage","tag-planning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41319","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=41319"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41319\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41321,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41319\/revisions\/41321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=41319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=41319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=41319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}