Historic England (HE) has published 21 Fascinating Places Listed in 2016 to celebrate some of the more unusual or surprising places listed last year.
The listings include:
- Britain’s oldest water chute, Wicksteed Park, Kettering, Northamptonshire
- Inscriptions left by First World War conscientious objectors, near Broughton-in-Furness, Lake District National Park, Cumbria
- Post-War ‘Lego’ building, University of Reading, Berkshire
- White Lion pub, Westhoughton, Bolton, Greater Manchester
- Bronze Age funerary barrow in Shooters Hill, Greenwich, London
- 18th century artificial bee hives, St Teath, Bodmin, Cornwall
- Former women’s prison and exercise yard, Rye Castle, East Sussex
- Shipwreck on Madbrain Sands, Minehead, Somerset
- Victorian lamp posts, Harrogate, North Yorkshire
- Replica of the grotto at Lourdes, Hednesford, Staffordshire.
HE reported its 2016 listing statistics as: New designations: 1033, Major amendments: 256, and Minor text amendments: 2420.
