In message , at 21:42:17 on Tue, 4 Mar 2014,
Mizter T remarked:

Far better had it been leased out at a peppercorn rate to a museum, who
could probably then get lottery money to refurbish and open it.

You might not have noticed, but HMG are doing a fair bit of selling off
of property that's deemed no longer necessary.

They are; there's an old barracks near me that's being sold off for
housing (somewhat delayed because of the sudden fall in demand for
building land because of the recession).

There's another barracks not far away that's been closed, and may well
be sold off. That one has caused a bit of bother because the locals used
to be allowed to use the sporting facilities, gym etc, but since it's
closed they've been evicted.

However, the Brompton Rd station is a bit of a special case.
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Roland Perry