Wiltshire landmarks listed as at-risk despite restoration work

Summarised from 3 outlets · Updated 9 Nov, 12:04 · Archive

Five of Wiltshire's historic landmarks remain on Historic England's 2026 Heritage at Risk Register despite ongoing restoration projects.

Five of Wiltshire's best-known historic landmarks remain officially 'at risk', according to Historic England's newly published 2026 Heritage at Risk Register, even though major restoration projects are under way to secure their futures. The annual register provides a snapshot of historic buildings and places considered at risk through neglect, decay or inappropriate development.

The five Wiltshire sites are Devizes Assize Court, Tottenham House in Savernake Forest, Malmesbury Abbey, the Lansdowne Monument at Cherhill and former military hangars at Yatesbury Airfield. Nationally, there are 4,991 entries in the 2026 register, with 197 added since the 2025 register and 85 removed for positive reasons.

Devizes Assize Court, the former law courts and county police station in Northgate Street, remains on the register although work is continuing on the long-running project to rescue the building and turn it into a new home for Wiltshire Museum. Similarly, Tottenham House, the Grade I-listed mansion in Savernake Forest, remains listed along with its stable block and the wider Tottenham House and Savernake Forest registered park and garden.

The continued presence of these sites on the register should not be taken to mean the estates are simply being left to deteriorate. The register tracks buildings and places that need attention, but does not necessarily indicate a lack of action being taken to preserve them.

How it is being reported

• Wiltshire landmarks at risk as new danger list revealedSome of Wiltshire’s best-known historic landmarks remain officially ‘at risk’.Gazette & Herald · 9 Nov, 05:00
• Wiltshire landmarks at risk as new danger list revealedSome of Wiltshire’s best-known historic landmarks remain officially ‘at risk’.Wiltshire Times · 9 Nov, 05:00
• Wiltshire landmarks at risk as new danger list revealedSome of Wiltshire’s best-known historic landmarks remain officially ‘at risk’.Swindon Advertiser · 9 Nov, 05:00

In this story: Historic England · Devizes Assize Court · Tottenham House · Savernake Forest · Malmesbury Abbey · Lansdowne Monument · Yatesbury Airfield · Wiltshire Museum

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