HERITAGE, WOOLSTORES & HERITAGE

Examiner May 14 2012

The flood authority was willing to foot the estimated $250,000 demolition bill if the council agreed to the demolition yesterday. Only the smaller wool store will be levelled, leaving the larger Roberts wool store intact as well as the silos.

A consultant hired by the council found there was significant cultural heritage at the site and the structures would satisfy listing under the Tasmanian Heritage Register. Council general manager Robert Dobrzynski sought a peer review of the findings, which found less heritage value in the buildings ... watch this space for more on this story as it shifts around

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A CHRONOLOGY:

• The old Websters Woolstore was demolished.
• The Silos were purchased by Mr. Stuart’s company for a Hotel.
• The State Government paid for an extra levee to protect the Silos for Mr. Stuart’s benefit.
• Mr. Stuart then reduced the capacity of the Hotel development.
• Mr. Stuart now offers to demolish the Roberts Woolstore to obtain the roof trusses to use in his Hotel, providing the Launceston Ratepayers pay to remove the asbestos from the structure.
• The LCC plans now show changes to connect public walkways directly into Mr. Stuart’s Hotel, and the extensive garden will become effectively an integral part of the Hotel’s setting; a very large public carpark will be constructed by LCC (this allows Mr. Stuart to convert his under-cover car park to a Trade Exhibition Centre from time to time – the use for which the Wool Store could ably be put, but Stuart gets the income); and there is a FOOT BRIDGE to be constructed across the North Esk River to allow Silo Hotel customers to more-easily connect to Seaport and the City without trudging all of the way past Bunnings...... More as this story unfolds

The silos under construction – The Examiner
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