Bid for status.A COUNCIL office block in the North East is being considered for listing. Durham's County Hall was opened in 1963 and is typical of the era. But assessment officers from conservation group English Heritage English Heritage is a non-departmental public body of the United Kingdom government (Department for Culture, Media and Sport) with a broad remit of managing the historic environment of England. It was set up under the terms of the National Heritage Act 1983. are due to inspect the block to see whether it qualifies as a "listed" building. They are doing so after Independent county councillor John Shuttleworth John Shuttleworth can be:
Coun Shuttleworth, the member for Weardale, admits County Hall is not beautiful. But he made his move because he fears the new unitary authority A unitary authority is a type of local authority that has a single tier and is responsible for all local government functions within its area or performs additional functions which elsewhere in the relevant country are usually performed by national government or a higher level of is considering moving to new headquarters. A spokeswoman for Durham County Council said there were no plans to move out of County Hall "at the present time". |
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