{"id":42188,"date":"2025-02-18T16:21:30","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T16:21:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=42188"},"modified":"2025-02-18T16:21:31","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T16:21:31","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-doorstep-govt-opts-not-to-list-manchesters-hotspur-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=42188","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the doorstep\u2019: Govt opts not to list Manchester\u2019s Hotspur Press"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Percy_Brothers_Ltd_the_Hotspur_Press_geograph.org_.uk_4329095_commons_wiki.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Percy_Brothers_Ltd_the_Hotspur_Press_geograph.org_.uk_4329095_commons_wiki.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-42189\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em><sub>image for illustration: Percy Brothers Ltd &#8211; the <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Percy_Brothers_Ltd_-the_Hotspur_Press-geograph.org.uk-_4329095.jpg\">Hotspur Press<\/a> by\u00a0Stephen Craven, <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/2.0\">CC BY-SA 2.0<\/a>, via Wikimedia Commons<\/sub><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It has been decided that the former mill and printing press on Manchester\u2019s Gloucester Street is not worthy of protected status, paving the way for its redevelopment into a 37-storey student tower, reports <em>Place North West.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p><em>Place North West<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Department for Culture Media and Sport informed developer Manner\u2026 that it would not be listing Hotspur Press on the recommendation of Historic England\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Richard James, managing director at Manner, said: \u2018This is a huge win for the local community and the city\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;Historic England had refused to list Hotspur Press once before\u2026 2019&#8230; did not meet the threshold for architectural or historic interest required for it to receive protected status&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.placenorthwest.co.uk\/govt-opts-not-to-list-manchesters-hotspur-press\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>image for illustration: Percy Brothers Ltd &#8211; the Hotspur Press by\u00a0Stephen Craven, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons It has been decided that the former mill and printing press on Manchester\u2019s Gloucester Street is not worthy of protected status, paving &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=42188\">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-42188","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\/42188","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=42188"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42188\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42190,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42188\/revisions\/42190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}