Car park at Trinity House in Hull city centre approved please log in to view this image PLANS to demolish the former Trinity House School to create a Hull city centre car park and event space have been given the go-ahead. The development is earmarked for the main courtyard at the historic Trinity House complex in Hull's Old Town. The old school buildings that overlook the courtyard have been empty since pupils moved to a new site in George Street last year. Now, planning councillors have approved proposals by the ancient guild of mariners to demolish the old school and create a new short-stay car park in the courtyard. Access to the car park will be via Posterngate in a move designed to overcome a previous dispute between Trinity House and Hull City Council over the latter's recent pedestrianisation of Princes Dock Street. The original car park plan featured an access route via Princes Dock Street through the landmark archway that leads to the courtyard. Trinity House trustee Captain Dennis Robinson said: "The Hull Trinity House charity trustees are pleased with the unanimous decision to allow the demolition of the old school building and the development of the site, along with other potential opportunities to use the space for markets, concerts and other public events leading up to the City of Culture year in 2017 and beyond. "Hull Trinity House has been at the heart of Hull for more than 600 years and is looking forward to assisting in the regeneration of the Old Town area." The old school was built on the site in 1842. It was modernised in 1956 and a third floor was added in 1973. In a submission with the planning application, the trust said: "The building has been much changed over the years. "It is at the end of its useful life and in poor condition. Major work would be required to all elements of the structure to bring it back into use and the room layout is not easily adaptable." Although the old school is not a listed building, the demolition plan and the proposal to create a new car park attracted just over 100 letters of objection. National conservation body English Heritage supported the demolition but said the car park would not be a positive addition to the Old Town Conservation Area. Councillor Rilba Jones, who represents the city centre, said she welcomed the facelift for the historic site. She also said English Heritage's criticism of the car park was misplaced. "I get the feeling they have looked at this in insolation and not in the context of what we are trying to do to make the city centre a more attractive place to visit. "The buildings to be demolished have no architectural merit and opening up this space with new footpaths will provide a great new benefit to the public." Maritime history of Hull school THE guild of masters, pilots and seamen, which came to be known as Trinity House, was first formed in 1369. The House has been on the same site in the city's Old Town since 1461 but the oldest current building there dates back to 1753. Original windows installed then now look out onto an internal courtyard, smaller than the one at the centre of the current planning application. The two-storey Georgian building used to accommodate pensioners but is now used as offices by the charitable trust, which still manages retirement homes off Anlaby High Road in west Hull. The complex also houses a first-floor council room, a court room and a museum. http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Car-...tory-21198713-detail/story.html#ixzz33rF86FGz
Absolutely ****ing disgusting! I went to that school, and I really buy in to all the history and heritage, moving it was a mistake, and this is just outrageous
Doesn't the blame fall with the applicants? Council can only work within planning frameworks. Haven't Trinity House contributed to the lack of opportunities on Whitefriargate due to being the landlord and asking high prices, or am I getting mixed up?
****ing idiots. I despair, really I do. There is more than enough parking in this City without demolishing a school which as far as I am aware was completely unique. My Gran used to award a prize there each year as her father had been a Humber pilot. She'd be turning in her grave.
As an old boy too 1985-88, got to say it's a sad day, a 230 year old school pulled down. Hymers will be opening the bubbly. For a school where tradition and respect was uppermost, they could have done something with the buildings rather than just pull them down. Was there during the 200th anniversary too.
Once upon a time, there was a small courtyard in central London that nobody used. The buildings around the courtyard were full of small rooms and it was not easy to find a use for them, then someone thought 'why not stick shop fronts in each room, build balcony's to access them, then let the rooms to niche retailers/start-up's on very flexible terms'. That courtyard now looks like this... please log in to view this image
Now this would get me proper worked up if I lived in Hull, way more than any minor name change to our club could do. I despair at the lack of priorities and awful decisions being made. Why aren't you people fighting this type of awful decision making as much as you do the Allams?
Not happy at all with this I knew about it last year and couldn't believe my ears. How could they really? I hope they don't knock down the chapel the morons!!!
Quite funny that they refer to the Old Town "Conservation Area", which is where the buildings they are going to demolish sit. Conservation.
I bet the HDM photo of that would have had someone stood in front of shot with their arms folded and a glum look.
Utter, utter ****ing idiots. Not only are they pulling down an historic building they're gonna create more traffic in narrow streets. So what's the point of pedestrianising Princes Dock Street if all the traffic are gonna be directed to narrower streets. ****ing morons!!
I was there too, 66-69, my personal highlight was being chosen as one of the Guard of Honour when The Queen came to commemorate the 600th Anniversary of Trinity House; the cynic within me thinks that TH will be making a ****-load of money from this though, as you say tc, a sad day indeed.
