A familiar and cherished part of Great Yarmouth's skyline could be refurbished.

National Grid has submitted plans to Great Yarmouth Borough Council (GYBC) for the Grade II listed Victorian gasholder on Admiralty Road.

The company is planning to remove the tank of the vast, 14-column structure, one of only 19 listed in England, and refurbish its guide frame which has been part of the local skyline since 1884.

The neighbouring 1960s gasholder has already been dismantled.  

Great Yarmouth Mercury: The 1960s gasholder, on Admiralty Road in Great Yarmouth, has already been dismantled. The 1960s gasholder, on Admiralty Road in Great Yarmouth, has already been dismantled. (Image: Liz Coates)

Nadia Dew, National Grid's land regeneration manager, said they believe the proposal is "the best way to open up the site for new uses in the future".

“The proposed refurbishment work will also secure the long-term future of the gasholder frame which we know is an important historical landmark within the town," she said.

A decision on the plans is expected later this year. 

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The elaborate Victorian holder is considered one of the finest in the country.

The Great Yarmouth Gasworks site was established on the corner of Southgates Road and Barrack Road and extended towards Admiralty Road in the mid-1880s.

Initially the gasworks featured two large holders - also known as gasometers - in the eastern part of the wider site and two further gasholders on a piece of land on the opposite corner of Barrack Road and Southgates Road.

The Great Yarmouth Gas Light and Coke company was first established in 1824 to supply 150 new gas street lamps - the last of which was knocked down by a car and destroyed outside the Arc Cinema in 2005.

After 142 years the transition from coal gas to natural gas in the 1960s saw much of the plant demolished, the final two holders still operational into the early 1970s.