Nottingham's Wollaton Hall added to heritage at risk list

Historic England have described the condition of the building as "very bad"

Wollaton Hall in Nottingham has been added to a list of sites considered to be at risk of neglect, decay or inappropriate development.

The Grade I listed country house was built in the 1580s and now operates as a museum.

Historic England has described the condition of the building as "very bad" due to water leaking through its complex roof.

An Arts Council England grant was awarded for repairs earlier this year.

Wollaton Hall is one of 13 buildings or sites in the East Midlands to be added to the latest Historic England Heritage at Risk Register.

Others include The Old Rectory in Loughborough, Leicestershire and the Church of All Saints in Glossop, Derbyshire.

The building dates back to the 1580s

The hall was bought by Nottingham City Council in 1925 and opened as a museum in 1926.

It was used as Wayne Manor in the filming of the 2012 Batman film The Dark Knight Rises.

Its surrounding grounds are used to stage the city's Splendour music festival every summer.

A grant of £469,992 was awarded by Arts Council England in March towards fixing the roof, drainage, stonework, render, windows, internal walls and decorative frescos.

Historic England said work to repair the "exceptional building" was expected to begin soon.

The latest version of the Heritage at Risk Register includes 4,871 sites and buildings across the country - 48 fewer than the previous list released last year.

Three conservation areas in Nottingham - Old Market Square, Old Sneinton, and The Station - were among those to be removed from the list.

Historic England described this as a "major achievement" and said it was partly a result of work carried out through the Nottingham Heritage Action Zone (HAZ), a five-year grant-funded scheme for repairs and improvements to historic properties.