Thanks for your support King Al and I think your film location action is great Foxylady.
Please feel free to write or email Ealing LBC with an objection to the demolition of the Chippy. Just quote the Reference No PP/2007/4277.
Anyone can object and the more the better...
I have just been sent a copy of another objection. Extracts are here...
"I believe there to be a very strong argument for overall conservation of this building. Not only is it of considerable historical value in so far as it still has its coal fired fryers in situ, but it also has very considerable architectural and aesthetic importance. In particular, the building is decorated, both internally and externally, with very important hand-painted tiles. Portraying fish, these tiles are the work of Polly Brace, the famous designer and decorator who founded Dunsmore Tiles in 1925. The Dunsmore studio was located at 2 Hillsleigh Road, Campden Hill, Notting Hill, London W.8. until 1964.
"Much of her tile work was bought privately to display either framed or on a stand in homes. Needless to say, today these tiles are highly regarded.
However, Polly Brace also decorated some retail outlets such as W. Burrows Fish & Chip Shop; and, indeed, this building it seems is now a very rare example of her tiles still in situ.
"Her work is discussed and/or illustrated in the following works:
(1) Blanchett, Chris (2006): 20th Century Decorative British Tiles: Commercial Manufacturers, A-H. Schiffer Publishing Co., pp.197-215.
( 2) Hans Van Lemmen & Chris Blanchett (1999): 20th Century Tiles. Shire Publications, p.16.
(3) Hans Van Lemmen (1988): Decorative Tiles throughout the Ages. London: Bracken Books, Plate 34 - showing 13 different tiles.
(4) Gordon Land, ed. (2004): 1000 Tiles: 2000 years of Decorative Ceramics. London: A & C Black, pp. 274-5.
"There are certainly several options that might sensibly be considered before permitting overall demolition. Firstly, because of the buildings overall historical integrity, it would certainly deserve to be relocated in a living museum. This has recently happened with the finely tiled Hobbs Fish & Chip Shop in Dudley in the West Midlands. This building has been carefully dismantled and relocated in the Black Country Living Museum, where it will soon be functioning again as a fish and chip shop .
"Should this not be possible, then the Burrows building could certainly be integrated into the new development. There are many examples now throughout the United Kingdom, where buildings of architectural and/or historical importance have been incorporated into the developments and function as new retail outlets while retaining all important original features.
"If this is not considered feasible, then it will be vital that the important architectural features be removed separately and relocated. This action should be undertaken only by skilled tile conservation specialists, as all too often well-intentioned builders and developers do irreparable damage in trying to remove tiles attached with Portland cement without the necessary equipment and/or experience. Should the Committee decide on this option, TACS will be pleased to suggest the names of such skilled specialist firms.
"Relocation should ideally be within the same environ, as the tiles are part of the local history. If there is no suitable location, then at the very least, they should be placed in a museum. Certainly, I imagine that the V & A, would be delighted to add them to its collection. There are also tile specific museums located in Ironbridge and in Stoke-on-Trent. I will be pleased to provide contact details should this be required."
What a brilliant letter! Go to it folks.. You need not say much in your letter, just that you object to demolition.
Best wishes,
Cinestep
Nice pics, nice place -thumbs up from Al
