Tom Taylor, Conservation Adviser for the Victorian Society, previously said: “This former rectory is the kind of solid, well-designed and well-executed historic building that forms the fundamental texture of our surviving Victorian and Edwardian suburban built heritage. “It has survived essentially intact, both inside and out. There is no suggestion that it is necessary for structural reasons to demolish it, or that it is beyond repair. “There is also no suggestion that marketing the building as a single dwelling has been attempted or reasonably discounted. “To replace this structurally sound, high-quality historic building and large garden with a row of nine new dwellings and a car park will result in the loss of a non-designated heritage asset and harm the historic and architectural character of Hereford.”