Crumbling Wellington House in Hull's Fruit Market set to be demolished please log in to view this image A crumbling landmark building in Hull's Fruit Market area is set be demolished because it is considered to be a danger to the public. Derelict Wellington House stands on the corner of Wellington Street and Queens Street and within a few yards of the Humber Street cultural quarter. The empty Victorian era property had recently been earmarked for conversion into flats under a Government-funded scheme aimed at bringing long-standing vacant buildings back into residential use. But subsequent surveys of the property found it was at imminent risk of collapse. http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Crum...Fruit-Market/story-21169427-detail/story.html More expensive to repair than demolish more like.
What a crying shame. Buildings like this should be saved, irrespective of whether it is more economical to knock down. What will they put in it's place? Some modern eyesore no doubt.
If it was that important, it wouldn't have been allowed to be run into such disrepair. Sometimes knocking down buildings is better than repairing them. Listed buildings, as an example, are a great idea, but the idiocracies surrounding the rules sometimes doesn't make sense.
I don't think it works like that. Sometimes people buy them to get the land they're on without the hassle of looking after a listed building.
I hope they knock more down and replace them with car parks. I might venture into Hull more often if that was the case. Easy parking and no derelict, run down buildings spoiling my view. It's a win, win situation.
A building doesn't have to be of historic importance to be worth saving, this one will more than likely be replaced with some modern crap and another of the building the Luftwaffe missed will be lost. There's too many buildings that are left to rot and the council only act when they're starting to fall down, they have an obligation to stop the rot long before.
That's just what I thought a few months back when they wanted to knock down the old stables and build some computer workshop down there.
the whole area has probably passed the point of no return . the council should so what it really wants and that wash its hand of the land south of Castle Street , and with it remove all rates and taxes paid to those there . Thus allowing a new breed of land owner and prospector into the area , it could be worth the social experiment to see what would happen - with Minimal legislation and meddling . Humber Dock St and Nelson St apart there nothing much left for the council to flex its Muscles" over anyway - This will be Prospect St / Jameson St / Alfred Gelder St revisited again and again
The Council have put forward a number of proposals over the years for that area. It was more the investment that held it back. The current thinking of the non-Council bodies involved is that it should be left to develop organically, with local private enterprise leading.
There was literally nothing left of those stables, it was just a pile of rubble, they should have been protected earlier as I suggested.
What makes it worse, is that it is 1 of only 3 remaining Cuthbert Brodrick (architect from Hull - created Leeds Corn Exchange, Leeds Town Hall and Grand Hotel in Scarborough) buildings left in Hull.
Too much sentiment, if its in disrepair and serving no purpose, get it knocked down and replace it with something that will be used otherwise we end up with more laughable situations like the bombed out building on Bev road. Serves absolutely no purpose and is an eyesore. Get that knocked down asap.
While we're at it, Venice town council need to get all those canals filled in. Dangerous, out of date and terrible Dame Judy in summer.
As OLM says, the 'nipple' was part of the old town hall, which was designed by Brodrick, but made way for the Guildhall to be built. Another of Brodrick's finest in Hull was The Royal Institute on Albion St. please log in to view this image The 2 surviving Brodrick's in Hull, are: https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.7...ata=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1s3QkdbphUlHQ3IHIiybOP2w!2e0 EDIT: At least this is the one I assume it is (Christ Church Schools, John Street) AND 4-6 Silver St. https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.7...ata=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1swIUZT7HOA6JvmkLs-kQZlQ!2e0
