A huge - and hugely popular - new mural in Preston city centre will remain in place after town hall officials concluded that it did not harm the listed building on which it had been painted without planning permission.
The ‘Mother’ artwork appeared on the side of Hogarths gin bar on Church Street in July. However, as the Lancashire Post revealed last month, an oversight by the owners of the Grade II-listed property meant that the depiction - of a woman cradling a lamb - did not have the green light from Preston City Council’s planning department.
Responding to the news that the mural can stay, Gary Roberts, operations director of Blackpool-based Amber Taverns, which owns and operates Hogarths, told the Post that there was “wide-ranging appreciation” for the creation - and suggested that it should be the first of many in Preston. He added: “Shawn Sharpe had the foresight to engage with Amber Taverns at the outset and, seeing his portfolios of work, we decided he should be commissioned for the wall at Hogarths.
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