Five Welsh buildings are added to the UK’s ‘most at risk’ list
FIVE historic Welsh buildings have been added to the latest list of Britain’s most endangered premises.
The buildings at risk register is compiled by campaigning heritage charity SAVE Britain’s Heritage and every year the list is updated with the addition of more properties most at risk across the UK.
There are more than 1,400 potential wrecks on its watch list, very special buildings that are desperate to find a heritage hero to secure their future.
SAVE Britain’s Heritage’s online register already holds around 1,200 buildings from all over the UK which are at risk through demolition or dereliction and each year more properties are added that range from forgotten cottages, abandoned farmsteads and historic industrial and commercial sites such as mills and custom houses.
The charity’s at-risk register is in its 34th year and exists to bring disused historic buildings of all ages that could be repurposed to national attention.
Liz Fuller, from the charity, says: “Each year the buildings added to the list are nominated by our supporters, local campaigners, conservation officers and other heritage professionals, these are places that matter to us all and deserve wider recognition.
“The register is a national platform for raising awareness of neglected historic buildings and advocating their reuse as a means to ensure their survival. At a time when this is high on the nation’s agenda, finding sustainable new uses for historic buildings could not be more important.”
The 2023 update to the at-risk register sees almost 70 new additions to the list across the UK. The Wales register currently has 141 buildings that are considered to be in the most worrying of conditions, including the 2023 additions, and being placed on the register could be their last chance to be saved.