Are we neglecting various historic/heritage sites in the UK?
I am going to try not to get gobby on this… It’s accepted there are finite funds when it comes to areas such as heritage preservation, mostly the works of say English Heritage are spent on protection rather than restoration . However all these sites are the ‘usual suspects’ . Now obviously if you have an ancient/historical monument it needs protection but there appears to be no foresight whatsoever. You mention buildings concerning our science and technology heritage and it is buildings such as these and less obvious ones that are going under the radar. These are the ones we should be doing something about so it’s not a lost cause in 50 years time. They also need to re asses what is important in terms of the legacy we leave to future generations. I feel passionate about things such as the Victorian/ Edwardian terrace, the preservation and craftsmenship of their construction. I live in a 1930’s semi and am battling in vain to try and preserve all the features and craftsmen ship. No on
I have many times over the years holidayed in France. We are always impressed by just how well all the historic sites are preserved. You can go into any town or village and everything is pristine. Every place, large or small has it’s own Mairie where all decisions about planning and the upkeep of certain buildings is decided, by the locals. We could learn much from them, and also the from the French people, they have such an immense pride in what they see as their own property, history and country. In my own town we have a lovely old property which is a disused bank. You know the kind of building, built when banks were called chambers, and rightly so. It has stood empty for a number of years, yet occupied a town centre location. A year or so ago it was bought by a local property developer, who proposed to turn it into prestige apartments, retaining many of the original features. They began work, boarded it up and proceeded to remove the interior even digging down into the foundations a
