The former coal merchants office on Rose’s Yard on Cross Street, Newark, has been condemned due to safety reasons
A town time capsule is soon to be demolished, much to the sadness of local man Phil Ayling.
A demolition notice has been put up on the front of the former coal merchants office on Rose’s Yard at 17 Cross Street, because the building has been condemned due to safety reasons.
The building was home to a transport company and coal merchant, and Phil has feelings of nostalgia for this area in particular because he grew up on this street from the age of seven.
His mother met his father while he was stationed at RAF Swinderby and after the family moved back there from Portsmouth, where his father was stationed for a time, his family lived nearby with his grandmother, Clara Fryer, at 11 Cross Street.
The photo (right) shows Phil as a baby with his grandmother and in the background, there is the timber construction of Rose’s Yard, and Phil said it looked the same now as it did all those years ago.
Now aged 61, Phil said it was a shame to see an old part of Newark’s history being removed, and likened the yard to a time capsule because the original wooden timbers on the building are still visible, despite looking more than a little weathered.
“The yard has never really changed over the years,” he said. “It’s amazing it’s still standing, although I think it’s just being held together by rot now.
“It would be a real shame if the yard was demolished before someone got some good photographic documentation of it.”
A spokesman for Newark and Sherwood District Council said: “While we are always sympathetic to people’s views and memories of a particular building, legislation sets out the grounds upon which it should either be restored or demolished.
“In this case, there were no grounds upon which we could not consent to its demolition.”
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