{"id":46404,"date":"2026-04-17T16:07:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T15:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=46404"},"modified":"2026-04-17T13:34:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T12:34:53","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-under-valued-doorstep-developer-fights-to-keep-new-features-on-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=46404","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the (under-valued?) doorstep\u2019: Developer fights to keep new features on church"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A developer who replaced historic stained glass church windows with UPVC is fighting to keep the new installations, according to the BBC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>BBC News writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2026 the former Christ Church Longcross, Chertsey, Surrey\u2026&nbsp; [where] conversion\u2026 on the Grade II listed building\u2026 resulted in the loss of historic stained glass and ancient stone work being painted\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to documents which supported the developer&#8217;s plans\u2026 the removal of the original windows was\u2026 because they \u2018were not suitable for the conversion to habitable dwellings as they were \u2018single glazed and built into the surrounds with no framework\u2019\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2026 Historic England\u2026 noted \u2018a significant portion of the original stained glass has been removed entirely\u2026 the significance of the building has been harmed by the loss\u2026 . An RBC spokesperson said the application would be discussed in due course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c99jepz7zngo\">Read more here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A developer who replaced historic stained glass church windows with UPVC is fighting to keep the new installations, according to the BBC.<\/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":[57,29,683,16],"class_list":["post-46404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog","tag-church","tag-heritage","tag-historic-england","tag-planning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46404","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=46404"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46404\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46405,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46404\/revisions\/46405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}