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The threat to list an intact water mill which the owner wanted to gut and make a dwelling in South Lanarkshire prompted the owner to destroy the mill interior before the listing visit took place so unfortunately this type of situation does occur. Ken Fawell. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Claughton" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 12:42 PM Subject: Re: engine house no more > >On 29 Mar 2004 at 10:24, David Hardwick wrote: > >> The last uinconverted engine house in the Bristol Oalfield in anything like > >> it's original condition was demolished last month. > > David, > > It's the 'threatened to list the building ' bit which worries me. I hope > it's not correct. Council officials / archaeologists should encourage > conservation, if necessary by finding a form of re-use. Using threats will > only have the opposite effect. > > Peter > > ______________________________________________ > > Dr Peter Claughton, > Blaenpant Morfil, nr. Rosebush, Clynderwen, Pembrokeshire, Wales SA66 7RE. > > Tel. 01437 532578; Fax. 01437 532921; Mobile 07831 427599 > > University of Exeter - School of Historical, Political and Sociological > Studies > (Centre for South Western Historical Studies) > E-mail: [log in to unmask] > > Co-owner - mining-history e-mail discussion list. > See http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/files/mining-history/ for details. > > Mining History Pages - http://www.exeter.ac.uk/~pfclaugh/mhinf/ > > _____________________________________________ >