Somerset heritage reports show contrasting fates for county's old sites

Developments reported this week across Somerset highlight the varying fates of places connected to the county's past. BBC News Somerset reported that a former industrial site in Frome has been derelict for more than 30 years [1]. Somerset County Gazette reported that Gants Mill, a former silk mill on the River Brue, is to be redeveloped after years of dereliction, adding that the building has had numerous uses since the 1740s and that part of it could be preserved for future generations [2]. Separately, BBC News Somerset reported that St Andrew's Church is marking 200 years since historic angel statues with a royal past came to Somerset [3]. Taken together, the reports show three different treatments of Somerset's past: a site that has been derelict for more than 30 years, a mill being redeveloped, and a church marking an anniversary.