Work stopped as contractor toured area warning residents of imminent demolition.
The demolition of a landmark industrial chimney was halted with just hours to spare. Moorlands councillors rushed through emergency measures yesterday to save the 100 metre feature at the Bolton’s Copper Works site at Froghall, near Cheadle.
It was due to be demolished at 11am today, despite residents and councillors protesting about the loss of a monument to Moorlands industrial heritage.
As contractors toured the neighbourhood yesterday warning residents of its imminent destruction, eleventh hour attempts were being made to preserve it for future generations.
At a meeting of Staffordshire Moorlands District Council’s cabinet, members agreed to include the chimney, which dominates the scenic Churnet Valley, in the Caldon Canal Conservation Area. The decision means that site owner Sterling Investments cannot now pull it down.
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