Audio slideshow: The restoration game
There are dozens of historic buildings across the UK that have fallen on hard times - and many of them have made SAVE Britain's Heritage's annual list of properties deemed to be in most need of saving from dereliction.
The charity's Buildings at Risk Officer, Rhiannon Tracy, takes a look at some of the unloved structures - and sees how the fortunes of other lucky buildings have been transformed.
Continue reading the main storyAll images BBC News or courtesy SAVE Britain's Heritage. Music courtesy KPM Music. Steam railway sounds from BBC archives.
Slideshow production by Paul Kerley. Publication date 31 May 2011.
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