{"id":46320,"date":"2026-04-10T16:06:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T15:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=46320"},"modified":"2026-04-10T14:40:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T13:40:37","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-former-doorstep-grade-ii-mill-in-leek-staffordshire-demolished-after-being-destroyed-by-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=46320","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the (former) doorstep\u2019: Grade II Mill in Leek, Staffordshire demolished after being destroyed by fire"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Big_Mill_Leek-Small.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Big_Mill_Leek-Small.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-46321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Big_Mill_Leek-Small.jpg 640w, https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Big_Mill_Leek-Small-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-gray-color has-text-color has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-e58d88374a14af2bbecaae82f588afa3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Big_Mill,_Leek.jpg\"><em>image for illustration: Big Mill, Leek, by AtticTapestry, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons <\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Demolition experts say they &#8216;feel the loss&#8217; of an iconic mill destroyed in a huge fire. Potteries-based Baskervilles had been brought in to clear Leek&#8217;s Big Mill after it was deemed unsafe following an inferno.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p><em><u>Stoke on Trent Live<\/u><\/em> writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The team had picked up plaudits for the efficiency of which they brought down the six-storey Grade II-listed building with Mill Street able to get back open yesterday\u2026. The firm said it had been sent to the mill in previous years to &#8216;carry out repairs and securing works following break-ins and incidents of trespass&#8217;\u2026 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stokesentinel.co.uk\/news\/stoke-on-trent-news\/big-mill-demolition-team-feel-10896878\">Read more here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>image for illustration: Big Mill, Leek, by AtticTapestry, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons Demolition experts say they &#8216;feel the loss&#8217; of an iconic mill destroyed in a huge fire. Potteries-based Baskervilles had been brought in to clear Leek&#8217;s Big &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=46320\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,5],"tags":[6,229,710,29,755],"class_list":["post-46320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog","category-sector-newsblog","tag-building","tag-demolition","tag-england","tag-heritage","tag-industrial"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46320","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=46320"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46320\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46322,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46320\/revisions\/46322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}