Seven historic city buildings ‘at risk’

SEVEN HISTORIC Hull buildings have been classed as at risk in the council’s latest register of listed sites.

Hull City Council’s annual Listed Buildings At Risk register found four of the buildings were in poor condition, very poor or ruined.

One is being restored while another is in fair condition and one more requires repairs to preserve it for the future.

Adam Fowler, former chair of Hull Civic Society, who helped to get some of the buildings listed, said they were a crucial part of the city’s heritage.

He said: “It’s pleasing to note two of the buildings look as though they will be saved in the near future.

“These buildings are listed not just because they have local signficance. They have national architectural and historical importance. The best way to save them is to restore them and bring them back into use.

“Otherwise these buildings, which are some of Hull’s most precious, will continue to decay. Steps the council plans to take to restore some of these buildings are welcome.”

The city’s at-risk buildings include The Strand in Brunswick Avenue. The former University of Hull architecture school has been on the register since 1999. The building, which began life as a Victorian boarding school, was gutted by fire in 2016. It is ruined but said to be stable.

Other buildings include the George Lamb Memorial Chapel in Lambert Street, which has been derelict since fire broke out at the site in 2015.

It has been on the at-risk register since 1999 and its condition is classed as ruined but stable.