{"id":45628,"date":"2026-02-20T16:06:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T16:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=45628"},"modified":"2026-02-20T14:51:01","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T14:51:01","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-doorstep-legal-bid-to-protect-scots-brutalist-landmark-from-bulldozer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=45628","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the doorstep\u2019: Legal bid to protect Scots brutalist landmark from bulldozer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Argyle_House_from_the_West_Port_-_geograph.org_.uk_-_2051953.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Argyle_House_from_the_West_Port_-_geograph.org_.uk_-_2051953.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-45657\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Argyle_House_from_the_West_Port_-_geograph.org_.uk_-_2051953.jpg 640w, https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Argyle_House_from_the_West_Port_-_geograph.org_.uk_-_2051953-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-gray-color has-text-color has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-9d2d2c4f3d1c0d74056db8dfd6903c3e\"><em>image for illustration: <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Argyle_House_from_the_West_Port_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2051953.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Argygle House from the West Port, by kim traynor<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/Category:CC-BY-SA-2.0\">CC-BY-SA-2.0<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Argyle_House_from_the_West_Port_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2051953.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">via Wikimedia Commons\u00a0<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A legal bid has been launched to secure protected legal status for a brutalist landmark under threat of being bulldozed, reports <em>The Herald Scotland.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p><em><u>The Herald Scotland<\/u><\/em> writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2026 Experts have applied to have the building which features in the Netflix Dept Q series granted listed status\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Architectural Heritage Society of Scotland (AHSS)\u2026 have raised the bid. Historic Environment Scotland is considering the application\u2026 for the 1960s building in Lady Lawson Street which has been described as an \u2018eyesore\u2019 but which is also celebrated for its modernist presence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heraldscotland.com\/news\/25792756.bid-protect-scottish-brutalist-landmark-bulldozer\">Read more here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>image for illustration: Argygle House from the West Port, by kim traynor CC-BY-SA-2.0 via Wikimedia Commons\u00a0 A legal bid has been launched to secure protected legal status for a brutalist landmark under threat of being bulldozed, reports The Herald Scotland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[717,229,83],"class_list":["post-45628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog","tag-brutalism","tag-demolition","tag-scotland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45628","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\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=45628"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45628\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45659,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45628\/revisions\/45659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=45628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=45628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}