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maltatoday, SUNDAY, 8 MAY 2016 News 11 WIN a book To win answer the right question tick the right answer/answers? o The Ghonella was used in Maltese weddings and was traditionally in white o L-Ispanjola is the name of a particular firework o Tal-Maqrut is the name of a particular Maltese chest of draws Send your answers by 14 May to: MediaToday, WIN A BOOK FROM BDL, Vjal ir-Rihan, San Gwann published by BDL A taste of Maltese folklore for "social, cultural or spiritual reasons" can also be scheduled. So are buildings deemed to be "the only example of their type". Scheduled buildings presently include within the PA a total of 50 parish churches, all sched- uled as Grade 1 monuments. A number of private residences have also been scheduled over the years. These include Grade 2 scheduled villas like those in Wilga Street in Paceville. In 2010 examples of modern- ist architecture like a number of buildings within the University of Malta complex at Tal-Qroqq, The Lodge at Ta' Xbiex, Villa Mediterranja/Flora and Rosal- Inn/Clunaird in Attard, Vil- lino Grech in Birkirkara, Villino Sushine in Ta' Xbiex, Church of the Risen Lord (All Souls Church) in Tarxien, Mount St. Joseph in Mosta, Muscat Motors in Gzira and three bus shelters in Marsa, Floriana and Hamrun were sanctioned. A building can also be removed from the list of scheduled prop- erties following an assessment by experts and approval by the Planning Authority and the re- sponsible minister. Qui-Si-Sana does not form part of Sliema's Ur- ban Conservation Area (UCA). Although not directly scheduled, buildings in the UCA gener- ally benefit from extra protection. In such cases the authority generally obliges developers to retain the façade when adding extra storeys to these buildings. Last year the Sliema Council also formally asked the Planning Authority to schedule the British barracks in Fort Cambridge nearby. The building, whose façade is being retained, has been earmarked for a 40-storey hotel. The snag in this case was that the policy regulating hotel heights excludes high-rise hotel development on scheduled sites. Heritage NGOs have also recently expressed concern on the proposed demolition of a Gozo townhouse, which sits on Triq il-Kastell, just outside the Cittadella, to make way for a car park. In a recent representation to the Planning Au- thority the Superintendence for Cultural Herit- age called for a full archival and architectural study in order to establish the level of protec- tion which this building merits. It described the architecture of the building as a "pastiche of various classical, medieval and other eclectic decorative motifs" which have not adequately recorded in the documents presented by the de- veloper (The Gozo Ministry). While the building has been attributed to re- nowned architect Guze D'Amato who also de- signed the Xewkija and Paola parish churches and the MUSEUM headquarters at Blata l- Bajda, the Superintendence has called for fur- ther research on its paternity in view of a 1951 planning application which shows O. Rizzo as the architect and architect Joseph Refalo as the architect of a plan for an extension presented in 1953. jdebono@mediatoday.com.mt Top: the three art deco houses on Hughes Hallett Street, Sliema - once one of the most pictoresque streets in the Qui-Si-Sana neighbourhood - which could be demolished very soon. The same fate has already fallen on houses which made way for apartment buildings Last year the Sliema Council also formally asked the Planning Authority to schedule the British barracks in Fort Cambridge nearby. The building, whose façade is being retained, has been earmarked for a 40-storey hotel. The snag in this case was that the policy regulating hotel heights excludes high-rise hotel development on scheduled sites Bottom: Paceville's Wilga Street. The entire block of houses stays untouched as the entertainment village's establishments keep encroaching onto community areas, hungry for more space for clubs and restaurants Publishing the list of buildings proposed for scheduling would result in 'external interference that may hamper the scheduling process' Planning Authority Balluta Buildings, in Sliema