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Dartmouth town centre has gone up in flames, at least 10 buildings burnt out including a 16th century Tudor house Grade 1 listed building full of medieval documents.
Don't you think that all listed buildings should have a sprinkler system fitted, it might not look good. But at least it would save these buildings if the worst happened.
Andy
Might be a good idea to have them fitted in these types of establishments.The fire started in a fish and chip shop at lunchtime on Friday and quickly spread to adjoining properties in Fairfax Place.
Not sure that the water from a sprinkler system wouldn't do more damage to wattle & daub construction, or to ornate plasterwork, than an average fire.
Always a shame to see buildings like these go up in flames, but if we did religiously preserve everything just because it's old then we'd have no room to develop anything new.
I agree, but Barratt tend to build more on green field or already clear brown field sites. There are good examples of clearing away the old to make way for the new.
Salfords Lowry Centre and Imperial War Museum couldn't have been built without completely clearing away the industrial heritage which was Salford Docks.
Same goes for most city centre regeneration projects - Gatesheads Baltic, Birminghams Bull Ring, Liverpool One and the Arena, Canary Wharf, even the new Wembley.