Heritage sites at risk in the North West revealed

St Luke's Church, known as 'The Bombed Out Church' Credit: Historic England in the North

Historic England's Heritage at Risk Register for the North West has been published today, giving an annual snapshot of the condition of some of the region's most important historic buildings, sites, monuments and places.

30 sites across the North West have been removed from the at Risk Register.

Amongst them is one of Liverpool's most famous landmarks St Luke's Church, known locally as The Bombed Out Church

The 185-year-old Gothic building, which sits within Liverpool's World Heritage Site buffer zone, was burned out in the 1941 May Blitz in the Second World War and had been on the Register since its inception in 1999.

The Grade II* listed building, has undergone a complete £500,000 restoration including a new 3G architectural lighting system.

25 sites were added to the Heritage at Risk Register, including Decimus Burton's planned town of Fleetwood in Lancashire and a flood-hit historic gunpowder works in Cumbria.

Over the past year, Historic England has offered £1.08m in grants to help 15 of the region's best loved and most important historic sites.

Historic England has been busy over the past year supporting local authorities across the North West to improve conservation areas, and as a result more have been removed from the 'at risk' Register than added.

Charles Smith, Heritage at Risk Principal for Historic England in the North West said:

Sites added to this year include:

  • Fleetwood Town Centre Conversation Area, Lancashire

  • St Joseph's Catholic Church, Lancaster, Lancashire

  • Burton-in-Kendal Conservation Area, Cumbria

  • New Sedgwick Gun Powder Works, Cumbria

Sites that have made 'progress' in the hopes of being removed from the at risk register include:

  • Heaton Hall, Manchester

  • Former Baptist Chapel, Chorlton-On-Medlock, Manchester

  • Wythenshawe Hall, Manchester

  • Blackpool Winter Gardens, Lancashire

  • Appleby Conservation Area, Cumbria

  • Hooton Hangars, Cheshire

Wythenshawe Hall has made 'progress' in hopes of being removed off the register in the future Credit: Historic England in the North

Sites removed from the at risk list include:

  • St Luke's 'Bombed Out' Church, Liverpool

  • Ashton Old Baths, Tameside, Manchester and Ashton Town Centre Conservation Area

  • Birkrigg Stone Circle, near Ulverston, Cumbria

  • Ashnott Lead Mine and Lime Kiln Newton, Lancashire

  • Aspen Coke Ovens, Oswaltwhistle, Lancashire

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