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Historic England has added 16 sites across London to its 2026 Heritage at Risk Register, bringing the total number of at-risk heritage assets in the capital to 596. The new additions include Kirkaldy's Testing Works, a Grade II*-listed building regarded as the world's earliest purpose-built independent commercial materials testing laboratory, and the South Range of Fulham Palace, which includes parts of a great hall built around 1480. Other sites added to the register include Gallows Tamkin, part of Henry VIII's ambitious project to provide Hampton Court Palace with a reliable water supply, and the former police station on Walton Street, Chelsea. Despite the additions, there is reason for optimism as last year alone, 24 London sites were rescued and removed from the register.
Historic England's Heritage at Risk Register for 2026 includes a castle built by William the Conqueror, a Swiss-style chalet where Charles Dickens wrote, and a swathe of fire-blasted moorland.
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