A few weeks after our last article appeared ('Sandfield Road - From Bad to Worse') yet another lorry hit the corner of the Listed Building, 28a-d Gateacre Brow. This time it was a vehicle leaving Sandfield Road, inadvertently turning left instead of right. As has been demonstrated time and time again in the past, such a manoeuvre is likely to damage the building, as the rear of the lorry scrapes along the overhang and dislodges portions of the decorative plasterwork that give the mock-Tudor building much of its character.

The good news is that, in this instance, the owners of the vehicle have accepted liability, and will be paying for the necessary repair work. This is scheduled to take place during three successive Sundays, owing to the need to close the road while it's in progress.

The bad news is that, as yet, neither we nor the building's owners (Winter Melia Developments) have had any communication from the City Council, who have a duty to protect Listed Buildings and who many months ago were represented at meetings at which a range of possible solutions were discussed. We hope that these measures - a combination of warning signage, kerb realignment and protective bollards, as mentioned in our Newsletters as long ago as 2004 - will now be implemented without further delay.