Written Question · S2W-00792 · Session 2
How many listed industrial buildings have been de-listed and subsequently demolished in each of the last four years.
The question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many listed industrial buildings have been de-listed and subsequently demolished in each of the last four years.
The answer
I have asked Graeme Munro, Chief Executive of Historic Scotland to respond. His response is as follows:A number of buildings are removed from the statutory list of buildings of architectural or historic importance each year because they are no longer, through partial demolition or major alteration, of sufficient interest to merit protection under the legislation. In a few cases, buildings have been taken off the list because, as uninhabited structures, they are better protected as scheduled monuments. No records are kept centrally on what happens to buildings once they have been delisted. The following industrial buildings have been delisted over the last four years:Alloa Tannery Auchtermairnie Mill Former Caledonian Works, Glasgow (dismantled for re-erection)Former Greenhead Engine Works Former Vulcan Tube Works, Glasgow Kilmaurs Mill Robertland Mill Taynuilt Railway Station Woodmill Mill, Dunfermline Three listed industrial buildings have been demolished on public safety grounds in the last four years, all in Glasgow:Watson Street Warehouse Candleriggs Warehouse, Merchant Village Clyde Place Transit Shed Six listed industrial buildings have been demolished in the last four years with Listed Building Consent on the grounds that all alternative uses had been explored without success:Bridgend Mills, Dalry, Ayrshire Tullibody Tannery, Clackmannanshire Greenhead Engine Works, Glasgow Locher Works, Bridge of Weir, Renfrewshire Ferguslie Thread Works, Dining Hall Counting House and Linside Mill, Paisley In addition, five listed industrial buildings have been lost to fire, with consequential demolition in some cases:Clyde Lead Works, Cornwall St, Glasgow Weensland Mill, Hawick Larchfield Works, Dundee British Ropes, Dalmarnock Rd, Rutherglen Phoenix Tube Works, 26 and 50 Dalmarnock Rd (two items), Rutherglen, Glasgow.
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S2W-00792 by reference.