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Buildings at Risk Register - Saving Scotland's Historic Buildings

The Buildings at Risk Register identifies and records vacant buildings with no identified new use, suffering from structural problems or threatened with demolition. It aims to raise awareness, encourage reuse, and decrease the percentage of Category A-listed buildings on the register. Help save Scotland's historic buildings!

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Buildings at Risk Register - Saving Scotland's Historic Buildings

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  1. BUILDINGS AT RISK REGISTER Simon Green ww.buildingsatrisk.org.uk

  2. 21 The Square, Cumnock

  3. What is a Building at Risk? • Vacant with no identified new use • Suffering from structural problems • Threatened with demolition

  4. Hierarchy • Category A-listed buildings • Category B-listed buildings • Category C(s)-listed buildings • Unlisted historic buildings in Conservation Areas • Significant unlisted buildings out with Conservation Areas

  5. Hierarchy • Category A-listed buildings • Category B-listed buildings • Category C(s)-listed buildings • Unlisted historic buildings in Conservation Areas • Significant unlisted buildings out with Conservation Areas • No scheduled monuments

  6. 21 The Square, Cumnock

  7. 22 The Square, Cumnock

  8. Ochiltree Mill

  9. 12-16 Glaisnock Street, Cumnock

  10. Buildings At Risk Register • The Register was created in 1990 • Funded by Historic Scotland • Run by the Scottish Civic Trust 1990-2011 • Transferred to RCAHMS April 2011 • Now an in-house function of Historic Environment Scotland • Online since 2004

  11. Saved/Restored Buildings

  12. BARR – Aims of BAR Register • To identify At Risk buildings • To record the major threats and faults • Demolition Application • Roof • Gutters/Downpipes • Walls • Windows • Doors

  13. BARR – Aims of BAR Register • To identify At Risk buildings • To record the major threats and faults • To raise the profile of the buildings with: • Local Authority • The general public • To encourage the reuse of the buildings

  14. BARR Misconceptions • It has No legal status or standing • We have no statutory powers • We cannot serve notices • We do not have any grants to offer • We cannot sell you a castle

  15. BARR – Some Facts and Figures • (Cat-A) • 2482 At Risk (417) • 381 Demolished (15) • 1265 Saved (166) • 155 Restoration In Progress (33) • 5132 Recorded in 21 years (773) • For every building lost, 3.3 are saved • For every ‘A’ lost, 11 are saved

  16. Demolished/Lost Buildings

  17. Why Do Buildings Become At Risk? • Short Term Cases • Economic Issues: • Development pressure • Recession • Long Term Cases • Structural issues • Change

  18. Long term buildings at risk

  19. Long term buildings at risk

  20. What we are not The Register is entirely non-statutory – no prevention, no obligation We have no powers of enforcement We have no grant programme for the Register We are not a pressure group We are not an estate agent, and cannot sell you a castle, a lighthouse or a Greek Thomson Church!

  21. The Challenge of ‘Useless’ Buildings

  22. Glasgow Necropolis

  23. Skelmorlie, North Ayrshire Measured Mile Marker Pole McGregor Monument Doune Cox’s Stack, Dundee

  24. ‘Useless’ Buildings • No direct economic benefit in maintaining them • Potential to be positive • Innovative approach needed • Keep options open

  25. Now the Good News! • For every building on the Register that is demolished, 3.3 are saved. • For listed buildings the ratio is nearly 5:1.

  26. Castlemilk Stables - BEFORE

  27. Castlemilk Stables - AFTER

  28. GARTNAVEL HOSPITAL CHAPEL BEFORE

  29. Gartnavel Hospital Chapel after GGARTNEVAARTNEVAL HOSPITAL CHAPEL AFTER

  30. www.buildingsatrisk.org.uk

  31. Work In Progress Rannoch Lodge, 1990

  32. Rannoch Lodge, 2011

  33. Buildings at Risk Simon Green www.buildingsatrisk.org.uk

  34. National Performance Framework • A National Indicator has been established:“To improve the state of Scotland’s historic buildings, monuments and environment” • The measure chosen for this indicator is:“to decrease the percentage of Category A-listed buildings on the Buildings at Risk Register.”

  35. Buildings At Risk Register What is a building at risk? • A listed building or a building in a Conservation Area which is: • Vacant with no identified new use • Suffering from structural problems • Threatened with demolition

  36. 22 Years of Buildings at Risk At Risk 2478 412 Cat A Demolished 389 18 Cat A Saved 1281 166 Cat A Restoration In Progress 169 36 Cat A For every 1 building lost, 3 are saved

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