Listing of Dormon Long tower was a ‘farce’, Teesside mayor says

By Tom Lowe2021-11-24T07:00:00

Source: Alastair Smith

Ben Houchen said Historic England officer ‘didn’t understand what brutalist architecture was’

The listing of the Dormon Long tower in Teesside was a “farce”, the mayor who demolished the brutalist landmark has said.

Ben Houchen said the 1950s structure was “incorrectly listed” by a Historic England listings officer who “basically just didn’t understand what brutalist architecture was”.

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