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Historic England recently updated its Heritage at Risk Register. They did so to include 175 sites, buildings, and other constructs. These are ones in danger of being lost to our nation.
Recent additions to the 2022 list include King Arthur’s Great Halls in Tintagel and Papplewick Pumping Station in Nottingham. Others include the Old Mint House in East Sussex, and the Birmingham and Midland Institute. There were also experimental concrete houses for agricultural workers in Essex.
Of all these new additions, 65 constructs are places of worship. Then, 52 are other structures and buildings. Finally, 1 is a park, 9 are conservation areas, and 48 are archaeology sites.
The future of these sites and structures is, by definition, precarious. Yet, at the same time, Historic England has revealed that 233 sites have been removed from this list since 2021′s update. This means the total amount of register entries is 4,919. It is a net decrease of 66 over the past year.
Duncan Wilson, Historic England chief, had some comments on the situation. He said it was integral to the government heritage adviser’s mission to pass the UK’s rich legacy of places and buildings on to future generations.
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The Heritage at Risk programme is a big contributor to such an ambition. With the aid of local partners and communities, business planning and imaginative thinking, they can bring historic locales back to life.
Wilson added that preserving and protecting the nation’s built heritage had a major role in fighting global warming too. As the dangers of climate change increase, the sensitive upgrading and reuse of historic places and buildings is even more significant. By finding new uses for sites and buildings on this register, we can avoid high carbon emissions. These are ones that come from demolishing buildings and erecting new ones.
Among the structures and buildings taken off the Heritage at Risk Register for 2022, there are two parts of Hadrian’s Wall; Port Carlisle in Cumbria and Steel Rigg in Northumberland. Moreover, there is the Church of Saints Peter, Paul, and St Philomena at New Brighton on the Wirral. Finally, there is Wisbech & Fenland Museum in Cambridgeshire.
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