Images show scale of hotel's collapse

INSIDE GRADE II BUILDING IN SERIOUS DISREPAIR

- By DALE SPRIDGEON

IMAGES from inside a Grade II-listed hotel show the huge scale of its collapse, as a council looks to press ahead with a "partial deconstruction".

The Corbett Arms in Tywyn, once frequented by celebrities such as former Beatle John Lennon and his wife Yoko Ono in its heyday, has fallen into serious disrepair.

Part of the structure, including a ballroom, collapsed earlier this year, leading to the erection of scaffolding along Maengwyn Street and part of Corbett Square.

Urgent action had also seen the temporary closure of Maengwyn Street, Corbett Square and Red Lion Streets to protect the public and motorists.

Cyngor Gwynedd has now applied for listed building consent for the "phased partial deconstruction and demolition of the building, and required support works to stabilise the remaining structure".