CNM Estates purchased Birnbeck Pier in 2012. Picture: CNM Estates
- Credit: Archant
North Somerset Council and Historic England have stated their unwavering commitment to continue with the compulsory purchase order (CPO) of Birnbeck Pier as a new owner was announced for the Victorian structure.
On January 22, the owners of the pier purchased the landmark from themselves - under a different company name.
CNM Estates purchased Birnbeck island under a new entity, Birnbeck Holdings Limited. Wahid Samady is the chairman of both companies.
The council has been working for some time to secure a future for the pier and announced in June that the RNLI was looking to invest into the historic pier and move its life-saving operations back to the island, significantly improving its access to the water.
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| Updated: 09:43, 28 January 2021
Historic England has awarded a grant of £616,000 for urgent repairs to the Grade II listed Wisbech and Fenland Museum.
Dating from 1846-7, the museum was one of the first purpose-built museums in the country, making it of exceptional significance and was put on Historic England s at Risk Register in 2018.
Major problems with the roof and drainage, including cracked and slipping tiles and leaks, are damaging the historic interior of the museum.
Wisbech museum has been awarded £616,000 for urgent repairs to its historic building. Picture: Patricia Payne/Historic England. (44160006)
Historic England has previously grant funded a project development phase for the museum to enable a structural survey, temporary roof repairs to protect the building over winter and a specification for long-term repair work.
In the programme award-winning poet and author Benjamin said: “I ve been to museums in Cairo, Shanghai, Paris and London but there is absolutely nothing like the museum in Wisbech.”
He described it as the kind of museum he likes best – small, cosy, peculiar, and obsessed with local history, about local characters and local things yet speaking to bigger global issues.
Standing next to the bust of Thomas Clarkson in pride of place, he says: “This guy is a local hero here in Wisbech.”
The museum holds a substantial archive of parish registers, local government records, photographs and maps.
Its library comprises 12,000 volumes in two distinct collections.