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State of the Waterways' Heritage 2012/13 STATE OF THE WATERWAYS’ HERITAGE 2012/13 June 2013 Nigel Crowe Heritage, Technical T: 07710 175026 Page 2 of 25 Cover photograph – North Warehouse, Sharpness, repaired in 2012/13 and no longer at risk. INTRODUCTION The Canal & River Trust was formed in July 2012 but for consistency with previous State of the Waterways Heritage reports, this report treats the year as a whole and does not separate data relating to the Trust from that of its predecessor, British Waterways. It does not however include any data relating to Scotland. The theme of the annual state of England’s historic environment (produced by English Heritage) Heritage Counts 2012 was ‘resilience’, which explored how organisations involved with heritage were able to ‘adapt, anticipate and respond to changing circumstances’. Research for Heritage Counts found that three factors demonstrated resilience in an organisation. Benchmarked against these factors the Trust has performed well in its first year. Their focus on developing people – the Trust has improved and increased its relationship and communication with volunteers and supporters and it has people with knowledge and understanding of heritage at board level. Their approach to managing historic assets – the Trust has continued to make good commercial use of its assets while at the same time balancing the needs of people and heritage conservation. It has a dedicated team of heritage advisers, a well-established, expert heritage advisory committee and it continues to deliver heritage training for its staff. Their strategic vision – the Trust is increasingly visible and connected and has developed a network of voluntary waterway partnerships and advisory groups. It has a heritage strategy and action plan and is pioneering new approaches to heritage management with its heritage partnership agreements and goal of establishing a national consent system under the terms of the Enterprise & Regulatory Reform Act (2013). KEY FINDINGS 41 heritage consents, 225 clearances. >99% compliance recorded for works to heritage assets. Listed building and scheduled monument at risk numbers down to 21 with 104 removed for positive reasons from a total of 125 in 2005. 25 conservation areas at risk, although many are not ‘at risk’ due to the presence of a waterway. 3 heritage partnership agreements in operation. 7 scheduled monument management agreements in operation. 14 residential heritage property refurbishment schemes complete or underway. Expert Heritage Advisory Committee formed and active for the Trust. Heritage volunteer activity up over 70% on 2011/12. State of the Waterways’ Heritage 2011/12 Page 3 of 25 DESIGNATED HERITAGE ASSETS & HISTORIC AREAS WORLD HERITAGE SITES 5 World Heritage Sites benefit the Trust, with positive regeneration effects. Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal (Llangollen Canal, mainly in Wales, but part in England). Blaenavon Industrial Landscape (Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal). City of Bath (Kennet & Avon Canal). Liverpool – Maritime Mercantile City (Leeds & Liverpool Canal & Liverpool Docks). Saltaire (Leeds & Liverpool Canal). SCHEDULED MONUMENTS Across England and Wales the Trust is responsible for 47 Scheduled Monuments. 1.78% of the Trust’s total listed and scheduled assets are scheduled monuments. Scheduled monuments include earthworks, certain rare types of locks, bridges or aqueducts, wartime structures and a hulked wooden barge. LISTED BUILDINGS The Trust is responsible for the third largest collection of listed buildings in the UK, after the Church of England and the National Trust. 2,701 listed buildings in England and Wales (2,705 in 2011/12). Listed assets consist of 11 grade I, 50 grade II* and 2,640 grade II listed buildings. Listed buildings include a wide range of historic types, ranging from mileposts to locks, bridges, tunnel portals, aqueducts, warehouses, cottages and wartime defence structures. State of the Waterways’ Heritage 2011/12 Page 4 of 25 Scheduled Listed Buildings Total Number Monuments Listed Buildings Gr I Gr II* Gr II 2011/12 2012/13 2012/13 2012/13 2012/13 2011/12 2012/13 North-West 3 3 2 4 410 417 416 North-East 7 3 2 3 164 169 169 Manchester & Pennine 3 3 1 3 477 481 481 North-Wales & Border (England) 7 7 0 12 281 295 293 North-Wales & Border (Wales) 1 1 1 2 83 87 86 West Midlands 7 7 1 7 242 249 250 Central Shires 0 0 0 0 175 177 175 East Midlands 0 1 0 3 82 85 85 South Wales & Severn (England) 2 2 0 1 117 118 118 South Wales & Severn (Wales) 4 4 0 2 134 135 136 South-East 5 5 0 2 305 307 307 Kennet & Avon 7 7 2 9 129 140 140 London 4 4 2 2 41 45 45 CRT Total 50 47 11 50 2640 2705 2701 Table 1 – Scheduled monuments & listed buildings State of the Waterways’ Heritage 2011/12 Page 5 of 25 CONSERVATION AREAS Refinement of data collection in 2012/13 has led to improved understanding of conservation area designations. For the first time, the distribution of conservation areas has been mapped across England and Wales (Fig.1). Conservation Areas Linear Other CA Total CA (waterway) CA North-West 1 28 29 North-East 0 21 21 Manchester & Pennine 6 33 39 North-Wales & Border 2 16 18 (England) North-Wales & Border 1 4 5 (Wales) West Midlands 7 18 25 Central Shires 3 23 26 East Midlands 0 25 25 South Wales & Severn 5 15 20 (England) South Wales & Severn 0 2 2 (Wales) South-East 3 27 30 Kennet & Avon 0 25 25 London 8 40 48 CRT Total 36 277 313 Table 2 – Conservation areas State of the Waterways’ Heritage 2011/12 Page 6 of 25 Figure 1. Distribution of Conservation Areas across the Trust’s waterways State of the Waterways’ Heritage 2011/12 Page 7 of 25 REGISTERED PARKS & GARDENS 63 designations include a waterway or lie within 150 metres of a waterway, with no change from 2011/12. HISTORIC BATTLEFIELDS 9 designations include a waterway or lie within 150 metres of a waterway, with no change from 2011/12. Battle of Myton 1319 (Ure Navigation). Battle of Boroughbridge 1322 (Ure Navigation). Battle of Tewkesbury (River Severn). Battle of Bosworth Field 1485 (Ashby Canal). Battle of Stoke Field (River Trent). Battle of Powick Bridge 1642 with Worcester 1651 (River Severn). Battle of Newbury I 1643 (Kennet & Avon). Battle of Nantwich 1644 (Shropshire Union Canal). Battle of Cropredy Bridge 1644 (Oxford Canal). NATIONAL PARKS 3 National Parks include short lengths of Trust waterways (42.5km) or reservoirs. Yorkshire Dales (Winterburn Reservoir & feeder, Leeds & Liverpool Canal). Brecon Beacons, Wales (Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal). Peak District (Swellands, Black Moss, Redbrook, Brunclough, Diggle reservoirs & feeders, Huddersfield Narrow Canal). AREAS OF OUTSTANDING NATURAL BEAUTY 5 waterways pass through AONBS, totalling some 90.8km. North Wessex Downs (Kennet & Avon Canal, 65.8km). Cannock Chase (Short lengths of Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal & Trent & Mersey Canal). Cotswolds (Kennet & Avon Canal). Chilterns (Grand Union Canal). Clwydian Hills (Llangollen Canal, Wales). State of the Waterways’ Heritage 2011/12 Page 8 of 25 Historic Historic WHS National Km of Km of Km of Park & Battlefields Parks Waterways in Waterways in Waterways Gdns National conservation in AONB Parks Areas North-West 7 0 2 0 1 55 0 North-East 5 2 0 1 0 18 0 Manchester & 2 0 0 1 1 120 0 Pennine North-Wales & Border 2 1 0.5 0 0 47 0 (England) North-Wales & 7 0 0.5 0 0 2 14 Border (Wales) West Midlands 0 0 0 0 0 109 6 Central Shires 6 1 0 0 0 185 3 East Midlands 4 1 0 0 0 21 0 South Wales & Severn 0 2 0 0 0 53 0 (England) South Wales & 1 0 1 1 53 1 0 Severn (Wales) South-East 5 1 0 0 0 151 12 Kennet & Avon 2 1 1 0 0 21 66 London 11 0 0 0 0 53 0 CRT Total 52 9 5 3 55 836 101 Table 3 – Other heritage designations State of the Waterways’ Heritage 2011/12 Page 9 of 25 COMPARATIVE DESIGNATIONS 111 km which is 5.55% of the Trust waterways is in Wales and Wales has 222 listed buildings which is 8.95% of the Trust’s total stock of listed buildings. England Wales Listed Buildings 2479 222 Scheduled 44 5 Monuments Conservation Areas 306 7 Historic Park & 44 8 Gardens Historic Battlefields 9 0 World Heritage Sites 3.5 1.5 National Parks 2 1 Table 4 – Comparative heritage designations for England and Wales ASSET CONDITION PRINCIPAL ASSETS All the Trust’s Principal (and some Non-Principal Assets) are graded in the range A to E with A representing an asset in prime condition and E representing a seriously deteriorated asset. In 2012/13 of 2,088 designated Principal Assets, 1,749 were graded A-C (1,715 in 2011/12). 339 were graded D-E (358 in 2011/12) including 5 grade II* and grade I listed buildings. NATIONAL STEWARDSHIP SCORE – WORKS TO HERITAGE ASSETS NSS for works to heritage assets (using Deloitte formula) of Good or Adequate heritage quality > 94% in 2012/13. 111 Good quality works, 26 Adequate quality works, 7 Unsatisfactory quality works. State of the Waterways’ Heritage 2011/12 Page 10 of 25 1252 1400 1200 1000 800 427 Grade 1 600 323 10 Grade 2* 400 2 11 11 200 37 Grade 2 3 Grade 2 10 0 2 Grade 2* A - Very B - Good Grade 1 C - Fair Good D - Poor E - Bad Grade 1 Grade 2* Grade 2 A - Very A - Very C - Fair Good Good D - Poor B - Good B - Good Figure 2. Condition of listed Principal Assets Figure 3. North Warehouse, Sharpness was repaired in 2012/13 and is no longer a Building at Risk.
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