Plymouth Civic Centre up for sale

2010-10-22T10:00:00

Council says it cannot afford to restore grade II listed 1962 building

For sale: one grade II listed icon of post-war architecture in need of some TLC.

It emerged this week that Plymouth City Council’s crumbling civic centre by Jellicoe, Ballantyne & Coleridge is on the market, after plans to demolish the 15-storey block were scuppered by its listing.

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