{"id":42118,"date":"2025-02-12T11:13:34","date_gmt":"2025-02-12T11:13:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=42118"},"modified":"2025-02-12T11:13:35","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T11:13:35","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-doorstepbritains-oldest-public-beach-hut-set-to-be-demolished-by-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=42118","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the doorstep\u2019:Britain\u2019s oldest public beach hut set to be demolished by Council"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/beachhut.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/beachhut.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-40271\" style=\"width:112px;height:auto\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><sub>image for illustration<\/sub><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Britain\u2019s oldest public beach hut is set to be demolished by Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council (BCP Council) reports <em>The Daily Echo.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The Daily Echo<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The wooden cabin was first built on Bournemouth seafront in 1909 and was the first municipal hut in the country\u2026 The surviving 7ft by 7ft hut even has a blue plaque on it which reads: \u2018Bournemouth beach bungalow constructed 1909. First municipal beach hut in the UK.\u2019 \u2026 one of a row of 29 set to be razed to make way for urgent repairs to the nearby Bournemouth pier\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BCP Council has said the huts are in a run down state and are coming to the end of their lives and suggested they will not be replaced\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Local historian Hattie Miles said: \u2018I think Bournemouth beach hut 2359 should be preserved\u2026\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bournemouthecho.co.uk\/news\/24870324.historic-beach-hut-bournemouth-set-demolished\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>image for illustration Britain\u2019s oldest public beach hut is set to be demolished by Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council (BCP Council) reports The Daily Echo.<\/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":[6,9,29,16],"class_list":["post-42118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog","tag-building","tag-government","tag-heritage","tag-planning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42118","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=42118"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42118\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42119,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42118\/revisions\/42119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}