{"id":17083,"date":"2017-10-27T18:54:09","date_gmt":"2017-10-27T17:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=17083"},"modified":"2017-10-27T18:54:09","modified_gmt":"2017-10-27T17:54:09","slug":"hes-at-risk-2017-launched-incudes-hawksmoor-gasholder-and-nashs-brighton-gardens-but-target-rescues-ahead-of-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=17083","title":{"rendered":"HE\u2019s \u2018At Risk 2017\u2019 launched: incudes Hawksmoor, gasholder and Nash\u2019s Brighton gardens\u2026 but target rescues ahead of schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/HeritageatRisk2017.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-17084\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/HeritageatRisk2017.png\" alt=\"Heritage at Risk 2017\" width=\"250\" height=\"238\" \/><\/a>Historic England\u2019s <em>Heritage at Risk Register 2017<\/em> has been published, its annual snapshot of the state of\u00a0England\u2019s most valued vulnerable historic places, highlighting the sites across England that are at risk of being lost as a result of neglect, decay or inappropriate development, now including the world\u2019s oldest gasholder, a Hawksmoor church, an 18th century Smock Mill and Brighton\u2019s Royal Pavilion gardens by John Nash.<\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Historic England writes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The world&#8217;s oldest gasholder, a Hawksmoor church and \u2018Little Dorrit\u2019s church\u2019, an 18th century Smock Mill and Brighton\u2019s Royal Pavilion gardens designed by John Nash have now been classed as \u2018at risk\u2019<\/li>\n<li>A toll house, a former atomic bomb store, a bombed out church, J M W Turner\u2019s retreat, and an entire conservation area have been saved<\/li>\n<li>A total of 387 entries have been removed from the Register this year \u2013 at least one entry per day. 328 new entries were made, meaning a \u2018net saving\u2019 of important historic sites this year<\/li>\n<li>Historic England reaches its target to rescue 15% of the sites that were on the 2015 Register, a year early<\/li>\n<li>In their 50th anniversary year, there are more Conservation Areas added (47) to the Register than removed (22)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Over the past year, a total of 387 entries have been rescued and removed from the Heritage at Risk Register \u2013 at least one site per day across the country and 328 were added making the total number on the Register 5,290.<\/p>\n<p>Historic England has also met its target to reduce the number of sites on the 2015 Register by 15% (746 sites) in 2017 a year ahead of schedule.<\/p>\n<p>The Heritage at Risk Register 2017 reveals that in England, 1257 Grade I and II* buildings, 2480 scheduled monuments, 937 places of worship, 96 registered parks and gardens, 4 battlefields, 4 protected wrecks and 512 conservation areas are at risk of neglect, decay or inappropriate change. There are 5,290 assets on the Heritage at Risk Register, 97 fewer than in 2016\u2026.<\/p>\n<p>Our\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/webmail.historicenglandservices.org.uk\/c\/1qAaZMOsGxTEZuWZQkQGHKM\">national leaflet<\/a>\u00a0provides an overview of the 2017 Register and statistics, and our<a href=\"http:\/\/webmail.historicenglandservices.org.uk\/c\/1qAbbj9LLS8wbB6LWsjMWGJ\">\u00a0regional leaflets<\/a>\u00a0contain some of these inspiring stories. You\u2019ll also be seeing more of these stories in the press over the next few days.<\/p>\n<p>Do also visit our website for our fully searchable\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/webmail.historicenglandservices.org.uk\/c\/1qAbmPv4RcnnnHgy2zMTbCG\">database<\/a>\u00a0or to download regional\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/webmail.historicenglandservices.org.uk\/c\/1qAbylQnWwCezNqk8HfZqyD\">PDFs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Read more on the<a href=\"https:\/\/historicengland.org.uk\/whats-new\/news\/heritage-at-risk-2017\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> 2017 Register&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read the article at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/in-pictures-41747886\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BBC News<\/a>\u00a0and find out more about <a href=\"https:\/\/historicengland.org.uk\/advice\/heritage-at-risk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">heritage at risk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Historic England\u2019s Heritage at Risk Register 2017 has been published, its annual snapshot of the state of\u00a0England\u2019s most valued vulnerable historic places, highlighting the sites across England that are at risk of being lost as a result of neglect, decay &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=17083\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17083"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17083\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17085,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17083\/revisions\/17085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}