A ruin in Holyhead has been named on a list of 10 buildings that need "urgent works and a long-term plan" to survive. Soldier's Point House, a Grade II-listed castle-like house on Anglesey, made the Victorian Society's list of the top 10 endangered buildings for 2023 as it is "falling into disrepair."
The house was built in 1849 by Charles Rigby, according to the Victorian Society, and is castellated with barred windows and high 'curtain wall' towers. Charles and his brother Joseph, builders from London, worked on some of Isambard Kingdom Brunel's civil engineering projects.
While at Soldier's Point Rigby worked on a major engineering project in the area, a 2.4km breakwater at Holyhead. He was also a magistrate on Anglesey and commanded the 2nd Anglesey Artillery Volunteers – a group made up of workers from the breakwater who organised to protect the structure.
