'Historic buildings could be at risk as councils sell them or abandon them to cope with budget cuts' | Mail Online

'Historic buildings could be at risk as councils sell them or abandon them to cope with budget cuts' | Mail Online

Hundreds of historic buildings from Victorian libraries to windmills could be at risk as councils sell them off to cope with budget cuts, heritage experts have warned.
And other publicly-owned buildings which are not sold could end up being abandoned and boarded up to reduce running costs, the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB) said.
According to the organisation, historic buildings put up for auction by councils include Grade II listed Conisbrough Priory, near Doncaster, Rotherham swimming baths, and the 19th-century Lluesty Hospital in north Wales.