Call for cash to protect region's historic buildings.LIVERPOOL'S under-threat Tobacco Warehouse has been put at the head of a campaign by English Heritage English Heritage is a non-departmental public body of the United Kingdom government (Department for Culture, Media and Sport) with a broad remit of managing the historic environment of England. It was set up under the terms of the National Heritage Act 1983. to protect historic buildings in the North West. The group will launch its first-ever Historic Environment Report outside the world's largest brick-built warehouse this morning. Twice as many of the Grade I and II* listed buildings in the North West are on the Buildings at Risk register Buildings at Risk Registers operate in several areas of the UK. In England a list is compiled by the government organisation English Heritage of listed buildings and scheduled ancient monuments in England believed to be at risk due to neglect or decay. as the national average. English Heritage regional director Malcolm Cooper Malcom Cooper (b. December 20 1947, Camberley; d. June 9 2001, Eastergate) was a British sport shooter and founder of Accuracy International. As of 2007, he is the only shooter to win two Olympic gold medals in 50 m Rifle. said: ``We have a wealth of historic assets but many suffer from a lack of attention and investment.'' The pilot report - which will be followed up next year with a more detailed overview - found conserving such buildings as the Tobacco Warehouse pays in social, economic and environmental terms. Every pounds 10,000 spent on repairing a run-down historic building attracts pounds 46,000 of match funding, creates one new job and results in 103 square metres of environmental improvements. |
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