Originally posted by Richard Neale
]...Along a similar train of thought ~ Hollyfield Road (Cooper Cars factory in Surbiton) ~ luckily still standing. Do you know the route to try and get the Hollyfield Road buildings Listed as Grade 2 ????
Woody - from the Internet:
HOW ARE (UK) BUILDINGS SELECTED FOR LISTING?
Very broadly speaking the criteria for listing buildings are;
all buildings built before 1700 which survive in anything like their original condition
most buildings of 1700 to 1840, though selection is necessary
between 1840 and 1914 only buildings of definite quality and character, and the selection is designed to include the principal works of the principal architects
after 1914 only selected outstanding buildings are listed
buildings that are less than 30 years old, only if they are of outstanding quality and under threat
buildings that are less than 10 years old are not listed
In choosing buildings, particular attention is paid to:
age and rarity
special architectural interest or social and economic interest (e.g. industrial buildings, railway stations, schools, hospitals, theatres, town halls, markets, exchanges, almshouses, prisons, lock-ups and mills)
technological innovation or virtuosity
association with well-known characters or events
group value, especially as examples of town planning (e.g. model villages, squares, terraces)
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From this I would deduce that Hollyfield Road's police patrol car garage - as the former Cooper works was when I last looked - might qualify under the 'special social and economic interest' and association with well-known characters or events' rules, and I would presume the first approach should be made to the local planning authority... Best of luck....
The Connaught works was demolished only quite recently and replaced by an office development perpetuating the Connaught name. What's more the developer threw a pretty darned good party on the site pre-demolition for Connaught old boys and present owners and supporters which we thought showed pretty admirable form on his part. The old buildings had visibly, by the way, lived out their useful life.
DCN
This is more the case of making do with what's available, methinks.
