I don't really get the heritage thing about the facade. Can't they just knock it down and rebuild it to look the *exact* same but just more energy efficient etc?
Obviously we don't want a glass monstrosity but at the same time, the 200 year old bricks probably need to go anyway.
Not like...
Iconic building yes, but a Britannia Hotel so probably an inside job because the inside has been left to rot for so long. Easier to burn it down and claim insurance than to actually maintain it because based on any other Britannia Hotel, maintainance is not part of their "running a hotel for...