{"id":44038,"date":"2025-09-09T16:07:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T15:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=44038"},"modified":"2025-09-08T17:08:42","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T16:08:42","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-doorstep-developers-heartbreak-as-raven-hotel-in-droitwich-spa-is-gutted-by-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=44038","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the doorstep\u2019: Developer&#8217;s &#8216;heartbreak&#8217; as Raven hotel in Droitwich Spa is gutted by fire"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/512px-Droitwich_Raven_Hotel_-_panoramio_anya_Dedyukhina_commons_wiki_080925.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"384\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/512px-Droitwich_Raven_Hotel_-_panoramio_anya_Dedyukhina_commons_wiki_080925.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44039\" style=\"width:670px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/512px-Droitwich_Raven_Hotel_-_panoramio_anya_Dedyukhina_commons_wiki_080925.png 512w, https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/512px-Droitwich_Raven_Hotel_-_panoramio_anya_Dedyukhina_commons_wiki_080925-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em><sub>image for illustration: <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Droitwich_Raven_Hotel_-_panoramio.jpg\">Raven Hotel, Droitwich<\/a> by anya Dedyukhina, <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/3.0\">CC BY 3.0<\/a>, via Wikimedia Commons<\/sub><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A developer \u2018heartbroken\u2019 over an alleged arson attack on a historic former hotel, the Raven at Droitwich Spa has pledged to protect its heritage, reports the BBC News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>BBC News writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fire gutted the landmark Raven Hotel in the centre of Droitwich Spa on Sunday afternoon, causing caused parts of the Grade II listed building to collapse\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Raven shut as a hotel over a decade ago and has planning permission for new homes and a gin bar, but concerns have previously been raised over its condition and vandalism and trespassing at the site\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cn02ry2g5kgo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>image for illustration: Raven Hotel, Droitwich by anya Dedyukhina, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons A developer \u2018heartbroken\u2019 over an alleged arson attack on a historic former hotel, the Raven at Droitwich Spa has pledged to protect its heritage, reports &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=44038\">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":[6,18,23,87,29],"class_list":["post-44038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog","tag-building","tag-conservation","tag-expertise","tag-fire","tag-heritage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44038","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=44038"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44038\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44040,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44038\/revisions\/44040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}