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Concerns over condition of Midlands heritage sites

New figures have revealed that 69 heritage sites in the West Midlands have been added to the English Heritage register. In the East Midlands nine buildings and monuments have been added to the Register.

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Concerns over condition of West Midlands heritage sites

New figures have revealed that 69 heritage sites in the West Midlands have been added to the English Heritage register because of concerns about their condition.

Bedlam Blast Furnaces in Shropshire have been added to the Heritage at Risk Register this year Credit: English Heritage

The historic buildings include a 19th century circular stables built besides a Birmingham canal and the empty Curzon Street Station.

Over the year more than £1.4 million has been given in English Heritage grants to help some of the region's best loved and most important historic sites, 55 have been repaired and removed from the Register.

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