Burnham heritage sites most 'at risk' in 2022

By Charlotte Lillywhite

1st Jan 2022 | Local News

The chapel at Burnham-on-Crouch Cemetery has been named in the register (Photo: 2021 Google)
The chapel at Burnham-on-Crouch Cemetery has been named in the register (Photo: 2021 Google)

An updated register listing the historic Maldon district sites which are most at risk in 2022 has been revealed.

34 heritage assets have been named in the Maldon District Heritage at Risk Register 2022, which will be voted on by councillors next month.

There are five buildings in the Maldon district listed as priority A in the register, meaning they are at "immediate risk of further rapid deterioration" and no solution has been agreed - including two in Burnham.

This includes the chapel at Burnham-on-Crouch Cemetery, built in 1894, as it has holes in its roof due to slipped slates.

Council officers said: "The building has not been used for many years and would require substantial refurbishment to bring it back into use.

"Options for reusing the building are currently being explored.

"Interim repairs to the roof and rainwater goods, to make the building more weathertight, could help delay more serious problems developing."

The King's Wharf Jetty in Burnham, which dates to the early 20th century, is also listed as priority A in the register because it is "heavily decayed in places".

Officers said: "At the encouragement of local resident John Boyce, the King's residential management company has now acquired the section of foreshore including the old King's jetty.

"Mr Boyce has set up a heritage company to restore the jetty, and this company is currently negotiating a lease with the management company.

"A team of volunteers has been assembled and sources of grant funding to repair the structure are being actively investigated."

The other Maldon district heritage assets categorised as priority A are 127 Woodfield Cottages in Heybridge, the United Reformed Church in Heybridge Basin, the byre at Bohuns Hall on Church Street in Tollesbury and the timber trestle viaduct at Wickham Place in Wickham Bishops.

Officers, who have recommended the register for approval, said: "The primary aim of the register is to highlight the plight of these buildings to current owners and local communities and encourage immediate care and their future conservation."

They added: "The goal of the register is to encourage measures which secure the future of heritage assets which, for many local residents, are a source of local distinctiveness and pride."

Here's a list of all the sites named in the Heritage at Risk Register 2022:

  • Former stables southwest of Bacons, Bacons Chase, Bradwell-on-Sea
  • Former threshing barn southwest of Bacons, Bacons Chase, Bradwell-on-Sea
  • Control tower, Bradwell Bay WWII Airfield, Bradwell-on-Sea
  • Four blister hangars, Bradwell Bay WWII Airfield, Bradwell-on-Sea
  • Station HQ, Bradwell Bay WWII Airfield, Bradwell-on-Sea
  • Pear Tree Cottage, Bradwell Bay WWII Airfield, Bradwell-on-Sea
  • Tower near St Peter's Chapel, Bradwell-on-Sea
  • Creeksea Place, Burnham-on-Crouch
  • Cemetery chapel, Burnham-on-Crouch
  • King's Wharf Jetty, Burnham-on-Crouch
  • Wall surrounding the Braxted Park Estate, Great Braxted
  • United Reformed Church, Basin Road, Heybridge Basin
  • Woodfield Cottages, Heybridge
  • 127 Woodfield Cottages, Broad Street Green, Heybridge
  • Homestead and General Stores, Maldon Road, Langford
  • Maldon Police Station, Maldon
  • 20 High Street, Maldon
  • 144 and 144a High Street, Maldon
  • 50 Market Hill, Maldon
  • 4 Silver Street, Maldon
  • Eastcroft, Fambridge Road, Purleigh
  • Pandole Wood, Southminster
  • Former grain-drying unit, Southminster Hall Farm, Southminster
  • Southminster Police Station, Southminster
  • Officers' mess annex, Stow Maries Aerodrome, Maldon
  • Officers' mess, Stow Maries Aerodrome, Maldon
  • Officers' quarters, Stow Maries Aerodrome, Maldon
  • Women's hostels, Stow Maries Aerodrome, Maldon
  • Peculiar People's Chapel, Tillingham
  • Bourchier's Barns, Back Road, Tollesbury
  • Byre at Bohuns Hall, Church Street, Tollesbury
  • Granary at Woodrolfe Creek, Tollesbury
  • Timber trestle viaduct at Wickham Place, Wickham Bishops
  • Obelisk opposite Woodham Mortimer Hall, Woodham Mortimer
The register will be voted on by district councillors at the strategy and resources committee meeting on 6 January. If approved, it will be published on the council's website and reviewed on a regular basis.

     

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