{"id":766025,"date":"2024-12-02T08:46:19","date_gmt":"2024-12-02T08:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.architectsjournal.co.uk\/?p=766025"},"modified":"2024-12-02T09:24:53","modified_gmt":"2024-12-02T09:24:53","slug":"bury-market-hall-likely-to-be-demolished-after-listing-bid-fails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.architectsjournal.co.uk\/news\/bury-market-hall-likely-to-be-demolished-after-listing-bid-fails","title":{"rendered":"Bury Market Hall \u2018likely\u2019 to be demolished after listing bid fails\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

The structure, designed by architect Fairhurst & Son, features a concrete bird-wing roof covered by a glass curtain wall. But it has been closed since 2023 following the discovery of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) in its roof.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In spring, Bury Council said refurbishing the building would cost more than \u00a36 million and vowed to consider \u2018all opportunities and options available\u2019, including demolition and replacement with a new indoor market, outdoor covered market, storage container-based market or outdoor market.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Twentieth Century Society applied to have the 60-stall market hall listed, arguing that it was a \u2018technically ambitious and innovative building with a remarkable bird-wing roof\u2019 and \u2018of comparable architectural quality to existing listed post-war indoor markets\u2019.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In its listing bid, the campaign group added that the hall survives \u2018in remarkably good condition externally and its main interiors retain their original character\u2019. It argued that successful RAAC remediation strategies had been drawn up \u2018at a number of listed 20th-century sites\u2019.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

But Historic England has said the building \u2018lacked the special interest in a national context required to merit listing\u2019 and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport agreed with its recommendation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Bury Council told the AJ that a consultant, Mace, has now completed work assessing various options for the future of the Market Hall as well as the nearby Bury Market and Mill Gate Shopping Centre. The council said it would make a decision on the Market Hall\u2019s future in the New Year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Twentieth Century Society head of casework Coco Whittaker told the AJ demolition was \u2018likely\u2019 given it was included in four of the five options mooted by the council \u2013 and that demolition work had already started on the Bury Market\u2019s loading bay roof, where RAAC was also present.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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UPDATE: Another extremely disappointing decision, as Historic England have recommended not to list Bury Market Hall (1969-71), following an application by C20.<\/p>\n

Closed abruptly in October 2023 after RAAC concrete was discovered, it is one of a small number of outstanding post-war\u2026 https:\/\/t.co\/lc1AxnILrY<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/LDfwkMM9tQ<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 C20 Society (@C20Society) November 27, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n