As it has been classed by the district council as a priority building, the deadline to completeseismic work is 2033.
Blakemore said while she was not surprised by the initial assessment result, she was now in limbo as to what to do next.
“Based on early assesments the costs for the work will be in the hundreds of thousands and possibly in the millions, but I hope that by the time I get to actually doing further assesments, the technology for strengthening would make it cheaper.
“The costs of strengthening are prohibitive, and there're all sorts of practicalities I have to go through,” she said.