Sunderland Council buying Elephant Tea Rooms Building



TheWanderer said:
Never noticed what a good looking building that is until that picture!
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when sitting in the Biz R opposite always notice what a nice building it is and completely wasted as it is

luvulongtime said:
next time you're in Fawcett St have a look at the great buildings that are still there however all the ground floors have been vandalised by the addition of modern big windows etc, f***ing disgraceful that it was allowed by the councils over the years both labour and tory
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<< this, council planners ruined sunderland
 
EDGE said:
It does but what would you have done with it if there is no demand at present?
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No idea, I suppose they could buy it and convert the upper floors to social housing of some sort, let’s be honest there’s not going to be a load of new retail people wanting it,
At least that way it could eventually cover the running costs of what they want to do downstairs

42 said:
Chances are there'll be some kind of heritage lottery funding involved in it.
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You’d hope so to keep the building going just because of its overall beauty.
Failing that a massive brothel:lol:
 
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vinegar hill said:
Negativity again on here.
Well done the Council, it's a magnificent building and we haven't got many of those.
Sounds like they may possibly be redoing the facade on the ground floor which somehow was allowed to be developed into a 60's style frontage back then.
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It's chockablock with smashing buildings.

The FDS-CeX on Fawcett Street being the pick of the lot.
 
EDGE said:
That was the 60s for you. At least the building is still standing, unlike a lot of old Victorian buildings which were reduced to rubble (we know which ones we are talking about).
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Railway Station North End.
Town Hall.
Wheatsheaf Lighthouse.
Grand Hotel.
Palmers Arcade.
Old 29.
Blacketts.
 
vinegar hill said:
Negativity again on here.
Well done the Council, it's a magnificent building and we haven't got many of those.
Sounds like they may possibly be redoing the facade on the ground floor which somehow was allowed to be developed into a 60's style frontage back then.
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With good reason. The track record for this shower of a shit council, where preserving buildings is concerned, is not at all glowing now , is it?
 

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