{"id":46406,"date":"2026-04-17T16:08:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T15:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=46406"},"modified":"2026-04-17T13:38:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T12:38:20","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-valued-doorstep-edinburghs-argyle-house-qualifies-for-listed-status-but-wont-get-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=46406","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the (valued?) doorstep\u2019: Edinburgh&#8217;s Argyle House qualifies for listed status &#8211; but won&#8217;t get it"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File: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-ae81e13472040da5e334a1551bcce457\"><em>image for illustration:<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Argyle_House_from_the_West_Port_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2051953.jpg\"> Argygle House from the West Port, by kim traynor CC-BY-SA-2.0 via Wikimedia Commons <\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Edinburgh&#8217;s Argyle House qualifies for listed status &#8211; but won&#8217;t get it,&nbsp; as it is unlikely to be granted protection from proposed demolition, reports <em>The Edinburgh Evening News.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p><em><u>The Edinburgh Evening News<\/u><\/em> writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Brutalist office block branded one of Edinburgh&#8217;s biggest eyesores has been ruled to qualify for listed building status. Argyle House\u2026 looks unlikely to be granted protection\u2026 because HES does not list buildings where a development proposal is already being advanced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2026 completed in 1969\u2026 featured as police headquarters in Department Q and in\u2026 the TV version of Irvine Welsh\u2019s novel Crime\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2026 HES said: \u2018Our assessment using the selection guidance shows that Argyle House meets the criteria\u2026 \u2018If the proposals to demolish are not taken forward, or a Building Preservation Notice is served by the local authority, we will reconsider the listing of the building.\u2019..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2026\u00a0 \u2018The applied Brutalist style, with concrete, rubble and fine ashlar finishes, demonstrates a high level of material quality for its date and type\u2026. It illustrates the ideals of the post-war Welfare State, the decentralisation of the civil service and the social and economic optimism of \u2018national planning\u2019 in the 1960s.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com\/news\/edinburghs-argyle-house-qualifies-for-listed-status-but-wont-get-it-because-development-plans-at-advanced-stage-6528678\">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 Edinburgh&#8217;s Argyle House qualifies for listed status &#8211; but won&#8217;t get it,&nbsp; as it is unlikely to be granted protection from proposed demolition, reports &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=46406\">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],"tags":[717,18,668,694,83],"class_list":["post-46406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog","tag-brutalism","tag-conservation","tag-listed-buildings","tag-local-authority","tag-scotland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46406","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=46406"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46406\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46407,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46406\/revisions\/46407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}