----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Dyke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2008 7:17 PM Subject: Re: [canals-list] Re: Evesham Lock House(XP)
> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> I think there was some problem to do with how it was supported - >>> otherwise that's what they would have done. Maybe there's some >>> limitation on where the base of the A-frames can go? I don't know, >>> but that was what the LANT chaps who I spoke to when I boated through >>> in September seemed to be saying. Hence the idea of what was >>> described to me as something looking fairly similar, but with >>> supported on vertical beams rather than A-frames - however it seems >>> that the reality is rather different! >> > From: "Andrew J Instone-Cowie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>On vertical beams it could be made to float like a mooring pontoon! >> > > Hi Andrew and All, > > That suggestion has been made before and I would have thought was quite > possible. That would be a first for the waterways and could become a new > icon for Evesham to replace the old one. > > Regards, > > Andrew That's what's needed - something that attains the same iconic staus as the old cottage. Not a rebuild but a new concept rather than an off-the-peg solution. I've just posted the following objection to the website: I wish to object to the proposed replacement Lock Cottage. The previous cottage, while originally regarded by some as a little too "modern", rapidly became an iconic structure much loved by those like myself who enjoy boating through Evesham. That it has been lost is unfortunate, that it should be replaced by something apparently straight from "The young architect's book of standard plans" is simply unacceptable. I appreciate that LANT, as a charity, has limited funding but nevertheless I would urge the council to reject this proposal and invite LANT to submit an alternative which offers a 21st century take on the previous design and which will result in a building worthy of both Evesham and those who gave so much to see the Lower Avon Navigation restored. I hope it helps but more are needed IMHO Guy -- Guy Morgan First Light Services nb Virgo, WFB, Stockton, GU
