The Wicker arch has been placed on the English Heritage's buildings at risk register. The Sheffield Star website has more details:
Crumbling Wicker Arch needs £1m for repairs
ONE of Sheffield's most iconic structures has been placed on English Heritage's Buildings At Risk register after suffering decades of decline, flood damage and the theft of stone from its parapets. The graceful central arch, which was built in 1848, is now daubed with graffiti with plants growing out of its side. The line above is only used by occasional freight trains to Stocksbridge steel works.
(Published Date: 24 July 2007)
The BBC news website also has more general information about the English Heritage Buildings at Risk register:
At-risk buildings ‘need millions’
Europe's oldest existing airship hangar and the foundry where James Watt's steam engine was made have been named among England's most at-risk buildings. They are two of the 52 new entries on English Heritage's Buildings at Risk Register, which details the listed buildings considered most under threat.
(Published Date: 24 July 2007)
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