Historic gates stored in depot for 10 years

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    BBC - 22 January 2024 - "A council has been storing a set of Grade II listed gates for 10 years because repairs are too expensive. The gates at Hartford Hall in Northumberland were removed from the grounds in 2004 to be repaired, but work stopped when costs escalated and the estate went bust. .... Hartford Hall, near Bedlington, went bust in 2009 and in 2014 the workshop carrying out the repairs refused to keep the gates any longer. Northumberland County Council stepped in to take stewardship of the gates which remain stored in a council depot, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service, external. .... Mr Robinson said: "There’s a very important part of Bedlington’s heritage missing – the Hartford Hall Gates. "They are Grade II listed and there are only two sets with that listing in the country.".... In 2013, Historic England estimated the cost of repairs to be £350,000, according to Mr Horncastle.....
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