{"id":44885,"date":"2025-12-16T17:16:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T17:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=44885"},"modified":"2025-12-16T17:16:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T17:16:12","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-doorstep-hotspur-press-will-rise-from-the-ashes-as-developers-issue-promise-for-fire-ravaged-mill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=44885","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the doorstep\u2019: Hotspur Press will rise from the ashes as developers issue promise for fire-ravaged mill"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/512px-The_Hotspur_Press_on_fire_1_by_Jotaht_Commons_Wiki.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/512px-The_Hotspur_Press_on_fire_1_by_Jotaht_Commons_Wiki.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-43467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/512px-The_Hotspur_Press_on_fire_1_by_Jotaht_Commons_Wiki.png 512w, https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/512px-The_Hotspur_Press_on_fire_1_by_Jotaht_Commons_Wiki-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><sub>image for illustration: <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:The_Hotspur_Press_on_fire_1.jpg\">Hotspur Press on Fire<\/a> by Jotaht, <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\">CC BY 4.0<\/a>, via Wikimedia Commons<\/sub><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The developer indicates &#8216;We will ensure that The Hotspur Press building lives on as a major landmark in the city&#8217;, reports <em>The Manchester Evening News.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The Manchester Evening News<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The fire-ravaged Hotspur Press will be partially rebuilt following the summer inferno which nearly destroyed one of Manchester\u2019s architectural gems\u2026. The blaze consumed what remained of Medlock Mill\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2026 a 2023 bid to use its fa\u00e7ade in a 35-storey student accommodation tower from Manner won planning permission in May 2024\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now, with the structure in ruins, the developer\u2026 has pledged to keep the sections of the mill which were due to be saved in the already-approved designs\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A new planning application will go to Manchester council by the end of 2025\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/news\/greater-manchester-news\/hotspur-press-rise-ashes-developers-32919454\" 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: Hotspur Press on Fire by Jotaht, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons The developer indicates &#8216;We will ensure that The Hotspur Press building lives on as a major landmark in the city&#8217;, reports The Manchester Evening News.<\/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":[6,18,87,29,336,16,22],"class_list":["post-44885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog","tag-building","tag-conservation","tag-fire","tag-heritage","tag-landmark","tag-planning","tag-skills"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44885","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=44885"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44885\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44886,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44885\/revisions\/44886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}