Risk list removes 13 buildings

A total of 13 buildings have been removed from the At Risk register

Thirteen historic buildings across Yorkshire and the Humber area have been removed from English Heritage's 'Buildings at Risk' register

However a total of 133 grade I and grade II buildings and monuments are still in danger.

Two new entries include the former National School in Barton upon Humber in North Lincolnshire and the dovecote at Glebe Farm, Barnsley.

Across England 94 buildings have been withdrawn from last year's register.

Decaying buildings

The register has been published annually for the last seven years and currently has 1,500 entries with a repair bill estimated at more than £400m.

John Hinchliffe, assistant regional director for Yorkshire, said the region could take pride in finding solutions to decaying buildings.

Buildings off the At Risk register York Arts Centre Holgate House, York Old Gang Smelt Mill, Reeth The Obelisks, Castle Howard Christ Church, Doncaster Camellia House, Wentworth Woodhouse, Wentworth General cemetery lodge, Sheffield Albany Club, Halifax Luddenden Foot United Reform Church, Halifax Warehouse No.4, Sowerby Town End Bridge, Sowerby Woodhouse Mill,Todmorden

"Of the 176 entries we listed in 1999, we have been able to remove 72, proportionally more than anywhere else in England," he said.

"That's been achieved through direct grant aid, brokering solutions and in many cases, the enthusiasm of private entrepreneurs.

"But there's no room for complacency. In some places the region's historic fabric continues to erode and it would take over £30m to empty the pages of the regional register."

The publication of the register coincides with the start of the second series of BBC's Restoration programme.

The series features the problems of selected historic buildings across the country.