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English Heritage® launches Buildings at Risk Register 2007

26 July 2007

English Heritage has revealed that the UK's most costly and problematic historic buildings need a total of £65 million to restore and revive them.

At the launch of the Buildings at Risk Register 2007, Simon Thurley, Chief Executive of the organisation, highlighted some of the problems these buildings face.

He explained: ‘What makes these buildings expensive and difficult to revive is a combination of factors such as their vast scale, the fact that part of the site is often a structure which can only be preserved but will never have a beneficial use…and in some cases also their inaccessibility.

‘These are some of the nation's most monumental sites and buildings, redolent with history and human interest, beauty and grace.

‘But compared to other buildings at risk, they present enormous challenges because of the huge cost of their repair.’

English Heritage called on the government to help it secure greater public funding for the preservation of such structures.

The remains of a medieval abbey, a pre-1918 airship hanger and the world's first iron framed building are just some of the listed historic buildings that need over £1 million each to secure their future.

English Heritage is a registered trademark of Historic Buildings And Monuments Commission For England.

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