Comments on: Uses for Liverpool’s Listed Buildings http://www.liverpool-landscapes.net/2009/09/uses-for-liverpools-listed-buildings/ Liverpool history, online sources and local history on the web Tue, 10 Aug 2010 11:51:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Liverpool Landscapes » Liverpool’s Redundant Buildings (or, What future for Stanley Dock and friends?) http://www.liverpool-landscapes.net/2009/09/uses-for-liverpools-listed-buildings/comment-page-1/#comment-167099 Liverpool Landscapes » Liverpool’s Redundant Buildings (or, What future for Stanley Dock and friends?) Thu, 26 Nov 2009 20:33:01 +0000 http://www.liverpool-landscapes.net/?p=215#comment-167099 [...] has been a certain amount of interest in my post on re-using Liverpool’s derelict buildings and in particular the derelict tobacco warehouse at Stanley Dock, which many (me included) would [...] [...] has been a certain amount of interest in my post on re-using Liverpool’s derelict buildings and in particular the derelict tobacco warehouse at Stanley Dock, which many (me included) would [...]

]]> By: Martin http://www.liverpool-landscapes.net/2009/09/uses-for-liverpools-listed-buildings/comment-page-1/#comment-167089 Martin Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:27:28 +0000 http://www.liverpool-landscapes.net/?p=215#comment-167089 Hi Carl, You're right, there must be a way round this. I know of buildings in every city that I've lived in where the owner is either uninterested in developing OR selling, or is leaving a building to rot so that they can later knock it down. I don't see the trusty Stanley Dock buildings about to rot any time soon though. The only way I've seen is for an authority to compulsory purchase a building if such a move is for the greater good. See Apethorpe Hall, for example (www.english-heritage.org.uk/apethorpehall). You'd probably have to come up with an exit strategy too if you wanted the government to buy it. Hi Carl,
You’re right, there must be a way round this. I know of buildings in every city that I’ve lived in where the owner is either uninterested in developing OR selling, or is leaving a building to rot so that they can later knock it down. I don’t see the trusty Stanley Dock buildings about to rot any time soon though. The only way I’ve seen is for an authority to compulsory purchase a building if such a move is for the greater good. See Apethorpe Hall, for example (www.english-heritage.org.uk/apethorpehall). You’d probably have to come up with an exit strategy too if you wanted the government to buy it.

]]> By: Carl Fitzgerald http://www.liverpool-landscapes.net/2009/09/uses-for-liverpools-listed-buildings/comment-page-1/#comment-167041 Carl Fitzgerald Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:26:06 +0000 http://www.liverpool-landscapes.net/?p=215#comment-167041 The Stanley dock area has to be saved,the buildings there especially the Tobacco warehouse are fantastic and too important to be left to fall into endless disrepair.We can only hope for something positive to happen sooner rather than later.I am sure the only reason the building is still in the state it is is because of the low ceilings throughout the building that have put off potential developers.Surely there is a way around this? The Stanley dock area has to be saved,the buildings there especially the Tobacco warehouse are fantastic and too important to be left to fall into endless disrepair.We can only hope for something positive to happen sooner rather than later.I am sure the only reason the building is still in the state it is is because of the low ceilings throughout the building that have put off potential developers.Surely there is a way around this?

]]> By: Martin http://www.liverpool-landscapes.net/2009/09/uses-for-liverpools-listed-buildings/comment-page-1/#comment-166956 Martin Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:27:52 +0000 http://www.liverpool-landscapes.net/?p=215#comment-166956 To be honest I don't know how tall the rooms are in Stanley Docks compared to Kings. But you're right about the journey between Stanley Dock and the city centre - it is a bit of a trek! What it perhaps needs is a more widespread development; as you say the whole area is ripe for development. One of the characteristics of many areas of Liverpool are the small pockets of shops around the city - Alder Hey, Tuebrook, Old Swan, Childwall Triangle. If there was such an area somewhere close by of Stanley Dock it would benefit from all the flats already there too, and reduce the need to go into town except once in a while, and then - buses! Quite a chicken and egg kind of problem, but full of potential! Thanks for your comments, and note I'll be removing the need for me to moderate comments, so they should appear more quickly! To be honest I don’t know how tall the rooms are in Stanley Docks compared to Kings. But you’re right about the journey between Stanley Dock and the city centre – it is a bit of a trek! What it perhaps needs is a more widespread development; as you say the whole area is ripe for development. One of the characteristics of many areas of Liverpool are the small pockets of shops around the city – Alder Hey, Tuebrook, Old Swan, Childwall Triangle. If there was such an area somewhere close by of Stanley Dock it would benefit from all the flats already there too, and reduce the need to go into town except once in a while, and then – buses!
Quite a chicken and egg kind of problem, but full of potential!
Thanks for your comments, and note I’ll be removing the need for me to moderate comments, so they should appear more quickly!

]]> By: Adrian McEwen http://www.liverpool-landscapes.net/2009/09/uses-for-liverpools-listed-buildings/comment-page-1/#comment-166954 Adrian McEwen Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:58:57 +0000 http://www.liverpool-landscapes.net/?p=215#comment-166954 That whole area does seem ripe for redevelopment, although I don't think it's helped by the isolated approach-way with Bath Street hemmed in with a long dock wall. Couple that with having to cross the dual carriageway to get into the city centre, and it's not very pedestrian-friendly for what is otherwise such a good location to be able to walk into town. I also thought that the problem with the Stanley Dock warehouses in particular was that the ceilings are lower than in the comparable - and now converted - warehouses elsewhere. Or am I wrong there? That whole area does seem ripe for redevelopment, although I don’t think it’s helped by the isolated approach-way with Bath Street hemmed in with a long dock wall. Couple that with having to cross the dual carriageway to get into the city centre, and it’s not very pedestrian-friendly for what is otherwise such a good location to be able to walk into town.

I also thought that the problem with the Stanley Dock warehouses in particular was that the ceilings are lower than in the comparable – and now converted – warehouses elsewhere. Or am I wrong there?

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