{"id":7137,"date":"2014-02-07T16:24:04","date_gmt":"2014-02-07T16:24:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=7137"},"modified":"2014-02-07T16:24:04","modified_gmt":"2014-02-07T16:24:04","slug":"storm-splits-grade-i-brighton-west-pier-in-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=7137","title":{"rendered":"Storm splits Grade I Brighton West Pier in two"},"content":{"rendered":"

The remains of Brighton West Pier have been significantly damaged by the recent stormy weather<\/span><\/p>\n

The BBC writes:
\n<\/span>A major part of Brighton’s ruined West Pier has collapsed after being battered by winds of up to 70mph and rough seas.<\/p>\n

A number of its main supports on the eastern side appear to have been washed away, splitting the former pavilion into two sections.<\/p>\n

The pier, which is not maintained and was shut in 1975 after being deemed unsafe, burnt down in 2003.<\/p>\n

Part of the derelict Grade I listed pier’s eastern side crumbled into the sea in `January 2013, following cold weather conditions.<\/p>\n

Solent Coastguard has urged people to stay away from the shoreline and coastal structures such as piers and sea walls during the stormy weather.<\/p>\n

The blackened frame has become a much photographed Brighton landmark.<\/p>\n

Rachel Clark, chief executive of the West Pier Trust, which owns the structure, said: “There have been collapses for several weeks as we’ve had the high winds, but this is more significant and obvious.<\/p>\n

“A significant section of the pavilion island skeleton has collapsed. It’s very sad but it was always going to happen.<\/p>\n

“It’s not being maintained so eventually the elements are going to take their toll and they have again this time, but much more significantly.”<\/p>\n

EH Building at Risk register entry<\/span>: LINK<\/a><\/p>\n

BBC News article<\/span>: LINK<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The remains of Brighton West Pier have been significantly damaged by the recent stormy weather The BBC writes: A major part of Brighton’s ruined West Pier has collapsed after being battered by winds of up to 70mph and rough seas. … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7137","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7137"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7137\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7138,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7137\/revisions\/7138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}