North Yorkshire, UK - 'A ONCE proud music hall that attracted thousands of visitors in its heyday could be saved from the bulldozers after all. Huddersfield Civic Society wants the Palace Theatre, an iconic building in Kirkgate, owned by London-based developer Hallco 1127, to become a listed building. The society has applied for the listing of the theatre because of the architectural importance of the building's 1937 facade.
In early July the owner served a demolition notice for the theatre, a statutory requirement prior to planned demolition. However, the society says the approved drawings of the Kingsgate Centre extension planning application clearly show that the facade is to be retained as part of the new development,' reports Robert Sutcliffe from the Yorkshire Post.
