THE historic site of the Battle of Worcester is among a list of city heritage assets on an at-risk register.

The site of the historic battle at Powick Bridge in September 1651, the last of the English Civil War, is one of a series of cultural assets deemed at risk by Worcester City Council.

The battle site is said in a report to be “hemmed in by modern housing and facing development pressure”.

The list of 21 heritage assets which includes 19 buildings at risk, some of which are empty, was discussed at a meeting of Worcester City Council’s planning committee.

The list includes the lock keeper’s cottage in Diglis Dock Road; Foregate Street railway viaduct; St Cuthbert’s Chapel in Malvern Road; Shrub Hill Railway Station; Woodside, Larkhill, which is “ready for collapse”; and Heron Lodge and other associated buildings in London Road.

The remaining at risk properties, all grade two listed, are 34 Henwick Road; 42 Henwick Road; 55-57 Lowesmoor; the engine works in Shrub Hill Road; 18 and 20 Silver Street; 11, 13, 28 and 47 The Tything; 111-113 Sidbury and 31 High Street.

The list also identifies two conservation areas at risk, citing the “deteriorating” condition of the Worcester and Birmingham Canal and Lowesmoor.

The remains of the city walls are also deemed to be at risk, although a conservation management plan has been agreed and four repair schemes are ongoing.

Councillor Derek Prodger said: “Grants are available but the owners of the buildings aren’t responding.

"These buildings will sadly end up on the floor.

"I feel sad sometimes when you see the same buildings and they get worse and they look dilapidated.

“We don’t seem to have the bottle or finances to say that will end and that will be remedied. It’s sad for Worcester. I’m a Worcester person.”

However, six buildings have been removed from the register following repairs since the previous register was issued.

These include: the monastic ruins and remains of the Guesten Hall at Worcester Cathedral; Angel Place, the former Royal Infirmary in Castle Street; the Paul Pry in The Butts; and 21 The Cross.

However, there have been four new additions – 11 The Tything, 47 The Tything, 115 Sidbury and Woodside, London Road.

Senior planning officer James Blackwell said there were more than 1,000 listed buildings and 18 conservation area in the city.

He said £150,000 had been provided by English Heritage over three years as part of a £1 million scheme involving 32 repair and restoration projects in Foregate Street and The Tything.

He said he expected at least eight buildings to come off the register in the next year.