The buildings on the latest 'at risk' list

THE ANNUAL update to the list of Britain's most endangered buildings - those most at risk of total dereliction or demolition and being lost forever - has been announced by conservation charity SAVE Britain's Heritage and includes five Welsh properties.

- JOANNE RIDOUT

The register is now in its 36th year, and every 12 months the charity adds very special buildings that are desperate to find a heritage hero to secure their future to the UK's most at risk list.

Over the decades, the list has grown to more than 1,500 potential wrecks and historic buildings on their last legs, and now includes five more Welsh properties.

The charity is celebrating its 50th year of campaigning to save some of the UK's most iconic and landmark buildings at risk of being demolished or developed - from cottages and cinemas to railway stations and stately homes.

Current campaigns, in conjunction with the Victorian Society, include the high-profile development plans for Liverpool Street Station in London, and Orchard House, the distinctive 1930s Marks & Spencer store in Oxford Street that M&S wants to demolish.

The five Welsh buildings added to the 2025 UK list are a mansion, a farmhouse, a cottage, a much-loved tourist attraction, and a slice of south Wales' industrial past.

Llancaiach Fawr, Nelson, Treharris

Most people who have visited this once groundbreaking living history museum will be sad and shocked to see this gem of Caerphilly County Borough's tourist attractions now added on to SAVE's 'at risk' register.

One of Wales' most important and notable Tudor houses, the building has been mothballed and is now available to let.

Caerphilly council made the decision to mothball the Grade I-listed building in September 2024 as part of a broader programme of cuts.

The leasehold has been marketed since February 2025, with interest from those keen to reopen the house to the public.