Those calling for listing redundant buildings like Crooked House or Richard Dunn should be required to accompany their bid with a fully costed proposal for an alternative use
You're right. There has to be a better way. I would be the first to champion preservation of historic or quirky buildings but the terms of reference for listing seem ridiculously wide to interpretation.
I give you, for example, Preston Bus Station, a massive brutalist, piss-smelling cliff face that cuts the town in half. It may be a great example of the period but is it worthy of its listing? Absolutely not.
And then the point you don't quite make, by listing everything we can't prevent the intentional destruction of the buildings that really do matter or for which public money could be made available to preserve them.
You're right. There has to be a better way. I would be the first to champion preservation of historic or quirky buildings but the terms of reference for listing seem ridiculously wide to interpretation.
I give you, for example, Preston Bus Station, a massive brutalist, piss-smelling cliff face that cuts the town in half. It may be a great example of the period but is it worthy of its listing? Absolutely not.
And then the point you don't quite make, by listing everything we can't prevent the intentional destruction of the buildings that really do matter or for which public money could be made available to preserve them.