I am hoping the scaffolding that has appeared beneath the canopy entrance to the Grade 2 listed and historic Corridor – linking the High Street and Union Passage – means that finally some remedial work will be done.
The metal structure is in a terrible state with a large split in the metalwork on one side.
Back in September 2019 l reported on the completion of internal work to restore the curved glazed roof of this arcade of shops designed by HE Goodridge and opened around 1825.
The development was one of the earliest examples of a shopping arcade outside London.
Traders within it have gone through a period of misery after accumulating snow on the roof – under bird netting – dislodged masonry which crashed through the glass.
Shopkeepers had to trade under a mass of scaffolding and planking which was in place for some time.
As the wired glass was neither original nor historically accurate it was agreed that the replacement panels would be clear.
I said then: ‘I don’t know whether further repairs will be made to the facades of both entrances, but the metal canopy on the High Street end is in a terrible state with splits in the metalwork.’
Looks dangerous to me, thank you for pointing it out!