Some of the historic buildings and bits of harbourside furniture could get fresh protection from Historic England before the Cumberland Basin sees thousands of new homes and a new road layout.
Historic England, the Government’s heritage authority, has launched a review of the Cumberland Basin, to check which buildings and infrastructure there already have listed building status, whether that needs updating and whether there’s anything else that should be protected.
A vast area from Hotwells on the north bank of the basin, across to the 19th century homes of Avon Crescent and the bonded warehouses, all the way to the other side of the New Cut at Ashton Meadows, has been designated a redevelopment area that the council is calling ‘Western Harbour’, with plans to create a new suburb of Bristol.
