Broad Street Station

HC Deb 07 May 1985 vol 78 cc300-1W

Mr. Faulds

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will consider the listing of Broad street station as a building of architectural and historic interest; and whether he has received any representations from the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England on this issue.

Mr. Macfarlane

The Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England wrote to the Department on 5 March this year to advise that in its opinion Broad street station was of a quality to be listed in grade II. However, the question of listing this building had been considered previously in 1971, 1975 and 1981. On each occasion it was decided that the building was not of sufficient special architectural or historic interest to warrant listing. My right hon. Friend studied the arguments of the commission but concluded that these did not justify reversing previous decisions. The commission was informed of this on 22 April.