The anonymous Hermon Hill knitter who has been making seasonal toppings for the post box at the top of Charnwood Drive has turned into a gentle kind of activist.
Having won admiration for her Easter bunnies and Christmas scenes, her latest is more architectural – a carefully stitched version of the Holy Trinity hall a bit further up Hermon Hill.
The hall is the subject of a planning application which would create 19 new flats and nine new houses, but which would mean its demolition along with a Scout hut and a vicarage behind the church. The application is currently being considered by planners.
Another stunning creation! Such incredible skill and attention to detail. A beautiful result. What a shame the developers and architects of the proposed building can’t take the same approach. It would be such a shame to lose the hall and scout hut. Particularly galling if it were to be lost to a building SO ugly!
The architectural render is hugely inaccurate and certainly ugly. I wish that knitter could be our town planner! Losing the unique buildings (for a tidy profit!!!) will only diminish the community.