Seven historic Yorkshire sites added to 'At Risk' register

Scarborough's South Cliff Gardens have been removed from the register

Seven more heritage sites in Yorkshire have been added to Historic England's At Risk Register for 2023.

All the newly listed sites were under threat due to neglect, decay or inappropriate development, the heritage organisation said.

Four of the newly listed sites are in North Yorkshire, two in West Yorkshire and one in South Yorkshire.

However, Historic England also said it had removed 13 sites from the register in the last 12 months.

The sites in Yorkshire which have now been added to the register are:

• Cannon Hall's kitchen garden wall in Barnsley, South Yorkshire

• Cropton Hall Garth, which is a motte and bailey castle including a later medieval manor house, a medieval trackway and a pond in Cropton, North Yorkshire

• Round barrows and entrenchments on Egton High Moor in Egton, North Yorkshire

• Roppa South Cross on Carr Cote Ridge, near Piethorn, Helmsley, in North Yorkshire

• Station Road Conservation Area in Batley, West Yorkshire

• Bridge and medieval gateway at Walton Hall in Walton, Wakefield, West Yorkshire

• A round barrow on Wheeldale Moor, west of Wheeldale Lodge in Egton, North Yorkshire

A kitchen garden wall at Cannon Hall near Barnsley is among those places added to the At Risk register

Among places in Yorkshire recently removed from Historic England's At Risk Register were Scarborough's South Cliff Gardens, Sheffield's General Cemetery, Holmfirth Conservation Area and The Camellia House at Wentworth Woodhouse in South Yorkshire, the organisation said.

Historic England said it had made repair grants of almost £1.2m to sites on last year's register in Yorkshire.

It said many of the buildings and sites had been rescued with the help and commitment of local people, communities, charities, owners and funders, including The National Lottery Heritage Fund.

Wentworth Woodhouse's Camellia House has been removed from At Risk register this year

Tom Frater, Historic England's regional director for the North East and Yorkshire, said: "Protecting our heritage in Yorkshire is so important.

"It is truly inspirational to see communities in the region coming together to save historic places and find new uses for them."

Mr Frater said the register was marking its 25th anniversary this year and had helped highlight the country's "most in-need" sites, helping to attract funding and practical help.

"After a quarter of a century of the Heritage At Risk Register, we are celebrating the many places that have been saved, as we continue to find new ways to involve local people in caring for and enjoying their heritage."