heritage at risk
Ecclesiastical supports Heritage at Risk
Ecclesiastical supports new English Heritage initiative
Ecclesiastical is delighted to support the launch of the Heritage at Risk project.
This project builds on the work of the Buildings at Risk Register and will work to compile the first comprehensive register of England's neglected and decaying heritage to assess the full extent of the problem and work to provide positive solutions.
A Bronze Age stone circle, a Saxon monument and a 1930s lido are among tens of thousands of historic sites to have fallen victim to the ravages of time and vandalism.
“What we desperately need to know is where the priorities are, where the problems are and why these things are happening.” said Simon Thurley, Chief Executive of English Heritage.
The Heritage at Risk project will include scheduled monuments, archaeology, historic landscapes, parks and gardens, places of worship, conservation areas, battlefields and maritime wrecks. Crumbling churches and castles will be listed alongside deteriorating libraries, swimming baths, schools, hospitals and police stations.
Working with Ecclesiastical
English Heritage is the first heritage body in Europe to undertake this approach, and with our own heritage expertise we are proud to be the first commercial organisation to be involved.
Ecclesiastical will work together to see where our own research and data can be added to give greater depth to the initiative. This will allow us all to respond more effectively to existing and anticipated threats to our historic environment.
We will also be on hand to offer specific advice in our own fields of expertise as well as positive solutions, and support in the communication to relevant audiences.
We believe the country’s business community can help solve many of the problems that Heritage at Risk identifies and we hope we can persuade many others to get involved.
