60 jobs planned at new care centre as old Crosby Hotel in Scunthorpe faces demolition
Replacing the Crosby Hotel - a prominent old building in the centre of Scunthorpe - with a brand new care centre is aiming to create more than 60 jobs.
Once one of the best-known hostelries in Scunthorpe, the now disused Crosby, on Normanby Road, is facing demolition.
The aim is to replace it with a 56-bedroom specialist care and dementia facility and a block of six flats for intermediate care.
A planning application has now been lodged by Majara Care Homes, of Scunthorpe.
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North Lincolnshire Council is being asked to grant permission for the scheme.
The Crosby Hotel - built around 1910 - is close to the town centre and described as a large, imposing building in a highly visible location.
A statement supporting the application from consultants for Majara says: "The building was, until recently, used as a public house, but has now unfortunately
closed once again, and has unsuccessfully tried to reopen several times under different landlords and breweries.
"The building now remains unoccupied, and is increasingly unlikely to be suitable for its previous uses again.
"The existing building has come to the end of its useful life and it is important in visual and economic terms that a new, appropriate use is found for the site."
The consultants suggest this is a good location for a specialist care and dementia home.
They say: "Providing care facilities in a town of around 75,000 people enables residents who have lived within the urban area their whole lives, to remain close to friends and
family and familiar surroundings, when they require residential care."
The proposed development includes accommodation, care facilities, public services, consultation/doctor services, extensive landscaped gardens, catering facilities,
servicing, off-road parking and access, and extensive lounge areas.
The main building is also intended to provide a drop-in centre, with facilities available for use by the general public, including a hairdressers' shop and café/bar.
The firm estimates 60-plus local employment opportunities will result directly from the development.
These include full and part-time care staff, administrators, cleaners and caterers.
Other work and business will also be generated for local construction contractors and sub-contractors, window cleaners, maintenance people and laundry services.
North Lincolnshire Council is welcoming comments from the public about this application until November 30.
Comments
by SisterWendy9
Tuesday, November 13 2012, 4:03PM
“She upped her standards and went to live down a drain.”
by Anotherthing
Tuesday, November 13 2012, 1:42PM
“What will happen to the ghost?”
by mallyg1
Tuesday, November 13 2012, 1:05PM
“So what happened to the care home that was going to be built on the corner of Doncaster Road and Exeter road. Why not put that eyesore land to use instead of knocking down this building?”
by hurtingfan
Tuesday, November 13 2012, 12:29PM
“The Crosby hotel building is obviously beyond economical repair and is not viable to transfer the building interior to the design to what the the new owners desire.
So what is the alternative,just leave the building another 5 or 6 years for it to fall down on its own?
It isnt a listed building people and even if it was WHO is going to pay for the up keep of this building if this development dosent go ahead?
Its time to stop complaining and embrace change,i dont see a problem as long as the new building design is of good quality,i would rather see new buildings in this town rather than squaller!!!!!”
by Hazzers
Tuesday, November 13 2012, 11:33AM
“Surely the Scunthorpe Charter Trustees have the power to intervene and save onther histotic building.”
by IT_MAN
Monday, November 12 2012, 10:18PM
“I know some people like to save these landmark buildings but in many cases they are uneconomic to renovate for certain uses, the goverment put special conditions on the size and such for residential homes bedrooms so companies have buildings built to give maximum rooms in a given area and access to those rooms. Any new building will just be brick boxes and won't have the life the old buildings have, if it was listed due to it's age then should they not list all terrace houses of that age. As kids we lived in an old farmhouse which after us leaving was left to go into ruins and it got listed for it's roof timbers which were all fixed with wooden pegs and roman numerals, it has been renovated several times and has been for sale several times and seems to have trouble selling also has bad memories for some, although it holds a lot of memories from childhood days I think it may have been better demolished.”
by SisterWendy9
Monday, November 12 2012, 9:23PM
“Let's be honest, it's a pretty tacky building - "Mock Tudor". Anywhere else in the country it would be considered an embarrassment but Scunthorpe has had almost all it's old buildings destroyed and there's nothing much left. So, our standard is very low and I think we should keep the eyesore, because it's our eyesore. I think the old Register Office building should stay too.
As for OUR green spaces, Mad Liz is hell bent on selling them off. I pity the next generation even if they are from countries where buildings are made from mud.
Dakin: This isn't a band-waggon, so hands off, you'll only make things worse as usual.”
by ScunnyMike
Monday, November 12 2012, 8:30PM
“Like others I am horrified to learn of the proposal to demolish this building.
We have very few examples of Scunthorpe's (or more accurately Crosby's in this case) heritage left. The building's frontage at least should be preserved.
Unfortunately NLC seems to have adopted the old SBC approach to town planning: if it's old, knock it down; if it's green, build on it.”
by ricardo121
Monday, November 12 2012, 7:21PM
“must admit i had it down for a mosque when concorde did not take off.”
by someone17
Monday, November 12 2012, 6:44PM
“Scunthorpe has already lost too many old buildings over the years, this one doesn't need to be demolished too! I always hate how they say that these old buildings have come to the end of their lifes and can't be used for anything else when I am sure that there could easily be a use for them! The Crosby Hotel building should have been made a listed building!”