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A second national heritage group is backing a campaign to stop "a rare and beautiful" piece of art from being destroyed.

As reported in the Manchester Evening News a fresh application has been made for the work to be listed as council-contracted bulldozers are poised to rip down the building in which it is housed next month. It comes after new expert opinion says it can be salvaged.

Salford City Council's culture boss insists they are not "dismissing" the value and integrity of the work but says the cost of saving it could be as much as £400,000.

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The Twentieth Century Society has now joined SAVE Britain's Heritage in supporting a listing bid to Historic England, the government’s adviser on

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