Listed building among UK’s most vulnerable
FORMER SURGERY LEFT ‘EMPTY AND CRUMBLING’ BY FOREIGN OWNERS
AGRADE II-listed former Victorian doctor’s surgery on Anglesey has been listed as one of the 10 most at-risk buildings in the UK.
Every year the Victorian Society names its Top 10 Endangered Buildings list.
The campaign brings to the forefront the most dilapidated and neglected buildings that are in desperate need of public attention to be saved.
This year the list includes Plas Alltran in Holyhead, built in 1890 by Arthur Baker.
Plas Alltran’s picturesque style is said to be modelled on Plas Mawr, a fine Elizabethan townhouse in Conwy.
As Holyhead’s first purpose-built doctor’s surgery, Plas Alltran had a variety of uses from the early 1900s – rented housing, classrooms for a girls’ training institute, district nurse accommodation and boarding house.
But it has been disused since early 1970s. the
The Victorian Society said: “Situated next to Holyhead Port, the building is empty and crumbling.
“The owner, based in South Korea, has no known plans for it.
“Funding is desperately needed to give this unusual building a sustainable future.
“The small local authority is struggling to fund even the necessary urgent works to prevent further deterioration.”
President Griff Rhys Jones said: “The sad case of this building raises the question, why buy a building on the other side of the world and then not do anything with it?
“This building is of great historic importance to Holyhead, and now desperately needs its owner to do the right thing and put it on the market.
“Plas Alltran’s rich history that it is a versatile building.
“We hope that inclusion on our list will help to secure the funding to save this fantastic building.” shows