Nine new Nottinghamshire buildings have been added to Historic England's "Heritage at Risk" list. Their 2022 update was released this week, revealing which sites have been saved, and which are in peril.
Historic England says its list "is the yearly health-check of England’s most valued historic places and those most at risk of being lost forever as a result of neglect, decay or inappropriate development."
It's a net gain for the county - 3 have been removed from the "At Risk" list in the past year for "positive reasons". These are the Nether Langwith conservation area, the Church of All Saints in Beckingham, and the Church of St. Peter in Gamston.
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The 9 sites that have been added are -
Papplewick Pumping Station, Papplewick,
Porch to Engine House, Papplewick Pumping Station, Papplewick
Church of St Cuthbert and St Mary, Worksop Priory, Priorswell Road, Worksop
Church of All Saints, Church Street, South Leverton
Church of All Saints, Torksey Street, Rampton
The Old Grammar School, Lincoln Road, Tuxford
Church of St Peter, Church Lane, Headon cum Upton
Woodborough Road Islamic Social Centre, Nottingham
Dovecote (600m east of Home Farm), Nottingham
The highlight is on the Papplewick Pumping Station with two entries, built between 1882 and 1886 by the Nottingham Corporation Water Department. This complex provided drinking water to the city of Nottingham until 1969, before being converted into a museum.
The station is still in working order and first opened as a museum in 1974. It holds regular "steaming days" throughout the year, where you can go and see the boilers and pumping engines in action.
Historic England said the station "has been added to the Heritage at Risk register as areas have suffered age-related deterioration, including the Grade II* Boiler House’s chimney." Works needed include stonework and brick repairs, and they noted that the front boundary wall "is in very poor condition".
Four more churches have been added to the list, too. Issues commonly relate to the poor state of roofs, leading to damp and leaks.
The Woodborough Road Islamic Social Centre is a former Baptist church, suffering from similar issues. Owners are "keen to undertake repairs" on "damp, mould and active dry rot" in the building.
The Old Grammar School in Tuxford is in its "A" priority category, with some areas "at risk of further collapse". The school is thought to date back to 1669, and suffers from "asbestos, damp, mould and beetle infestation".
Work is already under way by Nottingham City Council on the dovecote building near Home Farm, which is thought to date back to the 18th Century. "Biological growths and heavily eroded mortar joints" are among the issues there.
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