The long-standing access scaffolding is an eyesore that is deleteriously affecting retail businesses and public enjoyment of the other historic buildings in the High Street. The building is self-evidently in a dangerous condition, because there is a sign on it stating that. Wiltshire Council has legal authority to serve an enforcement notice for repairs, or to undertake the work itself and surcharge the owners, or to serve a compulsory purchase order if the cost of the works exceed the value of the building. There are plenty of precedents in neighbouring counties.