So the bizarre, multi-coloured painting on the outside of Kelburne Castle, Fairlie is to go ("The writing's on the wall", The Herald, June 25).
So the bizarre, multi-coloured painting on the outside of Kelburne Castle, Fairlie is to go (\"The writing's on the wall\", The Herald, June 25).
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I can only say: thank God.
I did not know of its existence but was appalled to see your photograph of it.
Those who judged it to be a marvellous example of "street art" did not consider the question of appropriateness in its setting.
It is one thing to brighten up the gable end of a dismal tenement; quite another to deface a listed, medieval building.
No doubt Patrick Boyle, the Earl of Glasgow, will do everything to entice visitors to his theme park, but what price planning controls when such monstrosities are permitted?
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It's a good job this art will go
So the bizarre, multi-coloured painting on the outside of Kelburne Castle, Fairlie is to go ("The writing's on the wall", The Herald, June 25).
I can only say: thank God.
I did not know of its existence but was appalled to see your photograph of it.
Those who judged it to be a marvellous example of "street art" did not consider the question of appropriateness in its setting.
It is one thing to brighten up the gable end of a dismal tenement; quite another to deface a listed, medieval building.
No doubt Patrick Boyle, the Earl of Glasgow, will do everything to entice visitors to his theme park, but what price planning controls when such monstrosities are permitted?
Graeme Allan,
3 The Terrace,
Ardbeg Road,
Rothesay,
Isle of Bute.
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