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gap74 wrote:As I recall, even before M&S began their tunnel and extension, the building had already been repaired in the late 80s/early 90s, when part of the facade was replaced after a spell of being shored up. I remember being really annoyed when M&S then seemed surprised that their tunneling had again damaged it - they tunnel under a delicate building with a history of major subsidence and are shocked that it starts to sink?? It was once again substantially repaired, this time replacing about half of the stonework in the facade, which gave it a curious patchwork appearance of old and grotty and shiny and new!
It survived until last year, when the undermining problem resurfaced again, this time manifesting itself in by the facade starting to peel away from the main body of the building!
gap74 wrote:Crikey, nearly two years since I posted that and your response, HH, that's a personal record for me on HG I think!
gap74 wrote:BY M&S, I meant both the company and the contractors acting on their behalf - I'm no structural engineer, and I guessed before it happened that digging a hole that size next to a 200 year old building with a history of serious subsidence would probably be asking for trouble.
gap74 wrote:I still rank this as one of the greatest architectural losses to the city in recent memory, up there with Elgin Place Congregational....
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