It is used to store the market stalls when they are not being used in the nearby Market Place.
Well, despite our after-dark picture (above) the sun has still to set on the structure.
Over some months we've being asking the council for a demolition date, but none has been provided.
However, a spokesman did confirm for us, a few weeks ago, that the intention to knock it down still remains.
So don't think for one minute there has been a U-turn over the building just a few yards from the turning circle at the top of Cary Lane!
When the demolition application passed successfully through the planning process, it was stressed that this building has no architectural merit, though it is within the Conservation Area. And Brigg Blog hasn't heard a single objection to its demolition.
On the extreme right of the picture we can see the side of Brigg Servicemen's Club, in nearby Coney Court, which will be opened up to full view from Cary Lane, in due course.
With Christmas now almost upon us, it could be that the market store building will still be standing when 2017 dawns.
If so, perhaps it will be on someone's New Year Resolutions list to send in the dismantling team - at long last.
....so what will go in its space?
ReplyDeleteWith the building gone there is potential to open up Old Courts onto Cary Lane.
ReplyDeleteContraversially, part of the Servicemen's Club would also have to go (but compensation could offset).....consequently, the retail land value of the disused land behind Wrawby Street shops bordering Old Courts, would enormously increase, thus creating a thro' road of retail units facing the car park and supporting Brigg Central Business District as a developing zone..
Wrawby Street would have a parallel high street connected by alleys and passageways that transforms the shopper from the traditional to the modern....
I wonder if North Lincs can visualise such potential.....small scale redevelopment with private sector investment to create a thriving shopping zone on generally ugly, underused land....