Certainly embodies something of the colliery culture of West Yorkshire, and im sure will be missed by the people of Scholes.
The Old Brick Works at Blackley Hill, Elland has been disused or a while and is set for demolition to be replaced by 80 dwellings. Classic suburbanisation. No proision of public transport, and as such we can assume there will be at least 50 return car journeys to Leeds/Bradford/Huddersfield each day.
And to look at the plans, you might well think this is Californian dessert. Very uninspiring placemaking. Functional building, with the only utility considered being privacy.
More of the same
Three applications to demolish historic buildings in West Yorkshire this week.
Horsforth:
Interesting Victorian quasi-manor house, possibly relating to the railway that passes nearby. The location of this building is very strange, and even stranger, the use of the place as an Italian restaurant. Shame that it will be lost.
Rastrick:
Middle building is to go. Not an especially important building, but theres no need to knock it down really.
Weatherby:
Quaint corner building in this historic market town to make way for a shop.
Also, although not my patch, Mapplewell in Barnsley will be losing this gem of a public house:
This weeks demolitions
January is here, and with it as a new year of demolition. Warehouses, factories, pubs, cottages, churches – none are safe. We have a housing crisis. We have an environmental crisis. So we knock down robust esoteric buildings. Things are not adding up.
Two entries in the west Yorkshire demolition list from this week, both in Kirklees:
Application to demolish (most of) the Rose and Crown pub in Almonbury:
http://www2.kirklees.gov.uk/business/planning/application_search/detail.aspx?id=2014%2f90001
The new portion of the building is to be retained, whilst the older left hand mass will be lost. I understand a developer wanting to utilise the huge car park on this site, but surely it is self evident that value will be added to his property if the character of the victorian pub is fully retained. Page one of the manual.
And I’ve not even touched upon the travesty offlattening an old pub. It is literally one every month in West Yorkshire. Disgraceful.
Secondly, and old cottage off Drub lane in Cleckheaton is to be felled.
http://www2.kirklees.gov.uk/business/planning/application_search/detail.aspx?id=2013/94064
A very dainty building that adds a great deal to the building cluster next to the social club. It may seem insignificant, but bit by bit we are losing our historic fabric.
The Demolition Register 