A new register is being compiled of heritage buildings at risk from demolition or neglect throughout Yorkshire.
The Yorkshire and Humber Association of Civic Societies (YHACS) has asked each of its 40 member civic societies and trusts to provide details of any buildings they consider to be at risk.
The survey has already highlighted buildings around the area that are causing concern.
They include Bradford’s former Odeon Cinema and several listed buildings which are of concern to Leeds Civic Trust, including the Grade I Egyptian-style Temple Mill in Holbeck, the Grade II* White Cloth Hall in Kirkgate and the boarded-up Mount St Mary Church on Richmond Hill overlooking the city centre.
Kevin Trickett, chairman of YHACS, said: “All our member societies and trusts have been asked to submit details of the buildings they consider to be at risk so that, for the first time, we can build up a picture of the state of the built heritage in the region.
“Some of our members, including Leeds Civic Trust and Pontefract and Ripon Civic Societies, have already compiled detailed lists of their own; others are doing so.
“The list is already building up a picture of how local buildings are important to local people and of how much work is going in to try to protect them and find new uses for them.
“We hope to be able to publish the list on the YHACS website and we will use it to inform our campaigning and to support our member societies in their work.”
Ripon Civic Society has raised concerns about the state of a former Maltings on Ure Bank Top.
It is also worried about three adjacent buildings in Low Skellgate.
Wakefield has concerns about Kirkgate Railway Station and the Old Bridge Water Mill on the waterfront, next to the new Hepworth Gallery.
In Grimsby, the former Ice Factory is the subject of a campaign by the local society.
From: http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/around-yorkshire/local-stories/campaigners_list_region_s_heritage_at_risk_1_3140369
YHACS page: http://www.yhacs.org.uk/Buildings_at_risk.asp
Save Britains Heritage Website: http://www.savebritainsheritage.org/news/article.php?id=164
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