EH MAULS QUEENSGATE MARKET PLANS

摘要

English Heritage (EH) has weighed into the row about the redevelopment and partial demolition of Huddersfield's Grade II-listed 1972 Queensgate Market, claiming the proposals have neither been 'fully explained nor justified'. In a letter leaked to the AJ, EH also told scheme-backer Kirklees Metropolitan Council that its current plans - drawn up by Leslie Jones Architects - were of 'poor' architectural quality and 'lacked local distinctiveness'. The proposals - part of a larger retail-led regeneration project -would see eight of the 21 hyperbolic paraboloid roof-support structures inside J Seymour Harris Partnership's 'seminal' halls destroyed. EH added: 'Government guidance does not rule out appropriate intervention provided that the significance of the building is safeguarded. 'However, the case for a development form that affects the market hall remains to be made.'