Historic hotel falls under high reach spell.
While its engineers were on site in Leicester putting the finishing touches to the BUSM chimney implosion, AR Demolition‘s lead high reach excavator was some 300 miles South in Ilfracombe where it was being used by LA Moore to spearhead the demolition of the historic Collingwood Hotel.
The first of many bricks from the Victorian building hit the ground on Monday as crowds gathered to see cranes remove parts of the roof.
Members of the Challacombe family, who owned the Collingwood for more than 140 years, were on hand to see the machines move in on the well-known local landmark. Owners JD Wetherspoons, who purchased the site from the Challacombes in 2007, will spend six weeks demolishing the hotel and preparing the site for building work.
The new £4 million, 54-bedroom hotel and restaurant is expected to open around March 2013.
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