OVERLOOKED LANDMARKS
NOMINATE YOUR FAVOURITE CITY BUILDINGS
THEY are landmarks we all pass by on a daily basis without ever giving them the attention they probably deserve.
Perhaps because they are so familiar, most rarely get a second glance.
Now, Hull City Council is asking people to nominate their favourite overlooked buildings and structures as part of an updated review of the Hull Local Heritage List.
First first drawn up in 2006 and also known as the Local List, it aims to officially recognise landmarks across the city that are not already statutory listed buildings which are recognised nationally by the Government and Historic England.
Instead, council officials say they want to hear about the places people love just because they mean something to Hull.
In footballing terms, they are the Championship contenders rather than the well-known established Premier League heavyweights.
The list highlights buildings which are still regarded as being special because of their architecture, history or particular location in the city.
Unlike the legal protection given to nationally listed buildings under planning legislation, the owners of properties on the Local List are not required to apply for special permission to start any alterations or repairs.
However, they still might need planning consent or conservation area consent for demolition.
The council also says it encourages people to make sure the character or appearance of their property is maintained if any work is being carried out.
However, it can’t prevent properties being neglected and, having last been updated over a decade ago, the current list now includes several pubs which have subsequently closed and become derelict eyesores.
As well as buildings, other heritage assets or structures such as bridges can also be included on the Local List.
John Craig, head of planning at Hull City Council, said: “The Local Heritage List seeks to encourage people to nominate those locally important historic buildings and other heritage assets which they value most for inclusion.
“This will afford additional protection to such assets through deliberation as a material planning consideration.”
Buildings and structures on the existing list cannot be considered, so it’s up to you whether new ones are added, while other planning legislation already provides protection to some public parks, scheduled monuments and underground archaeological remains.
All new nominations must be made on an official form via the council’s website and should be submitted by January 8 next year.
Meanwhile, here are ten random picks worth looking out for from the current Local List together with their entry details.
Dorchester Hotel, Beverley Road
Originally three properties, including Tamworth Lodge and Dorchester House. Built 1861-2 by Bellamy & Hardy for John Bryson.
A delightful profusion of shaped gables and towers terminating in spires covered with ornamental slates and decorated with tiny dormers. A good example of grand
Three Tuns, Boothferry Road
Good and attractive vernacular inspired example of the suburban roadhouse-style pubs that were built to serve the new housing suburbs of the 1920s and 1930s.
The old Three Tuns had stood in Great Passage Street since the 1820s and closed in 1936 following largescale demolition in the area. The licence was transferred to this new pub opened in 1936.
Burnett House, Castle Street
Former early Victorian Hotel originally known as Queen’s Hotel. Refronted in the 1870s and renamed
Britannia Hotel. Closed 1913.
Current name relates to post-war tenants shipping agents Burnett & Co (Newcastle) Ltd). Restored 2006. Attractive and prominent façade featuring unique Britannia consoles and distinctive windows
Dennison Centre, Cottingham Road
Splendid example of grand Victorian middle-class suburban housing dating from the mid-19th century.
Originally two houses known as Cedars (No.171) and Brooklands (No.173). Distinctive and attractive use of white bricks with red brick dressings.
Jesmond Arms, Holderness Road
Originally built in 1882 for the Hull Street Tramways.
A rare survival and an important part of Hull’s transport heritage.
Smoke House, Wellington Street
Distinctive and now rare Hull building type.
One of only nine surviving examples of former smoke houses in Hull and the last example in the Old Town. Built in the 1930s.
Owbridge Court, Osborne Street
Showy and elaborate example of
Victorian industrial architecture.
Built 1895 by WT Owbridge, inventor of Owbridge’s Lung Tonic, a cough mixture popular among fishermen who had to face the Arctic waters.
Distinctive and nicely detailed turreted Renaissance façade with a good variety of pediments.
Factory sold in 1969 and closed in 1972. Purchased in 1990 by the Sutton Housing Trust and successfully incorporated into a housing scheme of 35 flats.
Victoria Dock Half-tide Basin and locks
Historically important for being the last major relic of Victoria Dock.
The latter was opened in 1850 and was the first extension of the port, east of the River Hull. Soon in need of a second larger entrance, the half-tide basin was completed shortly after.
The basin allowed ships to enter and leave at half-tide, hence the name. The half-tide basin now serves as a settling pond for surface water drains.
Sutton Road bridge
Good example of a 1930s Scherzertype rolling liftbridge built by the Cleveland Bridge & Engineering Co.
This form of bascule bridge was designed and patented by William Scherzer of Chicago.
The bridge was opened in 1939 and is one of three single-leaf Scherzer-type bridges spanning the River Hull.
Of the three, Sutton Road Bridge is the most elegant, with particularly fine operating houses designed in a restrained Art Deco/neo-georgian style.
Central Fire Station, Worship Street
Elegant well-detailed Neo-georgian fire station of the inter-war period.
Opened 1927 as a combined police and fire engine station.