While completing surveys
recently, I started to think about why heritage is at risk and in what ways.
The heritage at Risk
website suggests ‘gradual erosion’ is the main risk to Lincolnshire
At a now disused
Victorian chapel, I looked up at the gothic style tower. Amongst the gargoyles
looking back, I also noticed a small tree growing through the brickwork. In
fact, around the building, several trees had taken root, moss was growing on
the walls and ferns were settled in the guttering.
I thought, perhaps, this
tree illustrated gradual erosion. When a man made building is no longer used,
nature slowly starts to move in and take over….quietly and unnoticed.
The Heritage At Risk
project aims to document and record these buildings so they are noticed and,
hopefully, a plan can be developed for their future.
Karen, Heritage Steward
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