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Originally Posted by ThomasG
I don't see it as digression, John 
I see it as.. emm... "part of the problem"
I'm in no way against keeping heritage sites, buildings of historic value etc.
We owe it to our children.
But not being able to take down a terraced house that literally crumbles from age and simply wrong materials (whatever was available at the time it was built), and put up new one, even same looking but built strong, because "this is traditional"?
Laugh!
Sad laugh. |
On the one hand, I agree with you. It is one reason that we are members of the National Trust.
On the other, I am not so sure. Especially concerning churches, are we leaving the next generation something beautiful, something valuable (not only in monetary terms) to be treasured, or are we leaving them with a huge burden?
Knowing what we spend in both time and money on maintenance and repair, I sometimes feel that it might be the latter. Our tower roof cost the thick end of £90K to replace, with a life expectancy of 100 - 150 years. We were fortunate in receiving some grant aid, but it is still an awful lot of money to have to find!
Regards, John.