:00:08. > :00:15.I'm Tom Holland, a historian and I have always had a passion for
:00:16. > :00:20.bringing the past back to life. In a way this bears witness to similar
:00:21. > :00:24.passion. This car has been beautifully restored eye and owner
:00:25. > :00:29.who felt so in love with this gem that he spent time and money getting
:00:30. > :00:38.it back to how it would have looked in the showroom some 40 years ago.
:00:39. > :00:46.In this programme, I will be heading off in this piece of history on
:00:47. > :00:54.wheels to explore three sites that people are desperate to preserve. I
:00:55. > :01:02.will be visiting a building in Portsmouth. The site of a gun
:01:03. > :01:05.foundry next to a lake. And a former hospital founded in memory of a man
:01:06. > :01:12.killed by an elephant. for this building to be allowed to get into
:01:13. > :01:18.this horrendous state is a crime. Should they be saved and if so, what
:01:19. > :01:25.to do with them? I will also catch up with some of the buildings
:01:26. > :01:42.featured in the original BBC Two Restoration series.
:01:43. > :01:49.I am going to suggest to you that there are some simple parameters
:01:50. > :01:56.that would allow us to do `` decide what we should restore. I will be
:01:57. > :02:02.the first to admit that not everyone agrees with my views. I'm not
:02:03. > :02:05.welcome in Plymouth's Drake's Circus shopping centre after publicly
:02:06. > :02:12.criticising the design. This is definitely not a listed building and
:02:13. > :02:16.hopefully it never will be. And I also upset a lot of people in
:02:17. > :02:19.Plymouth when I agreed with the idea that instead of pulling down their
:02:20. > :02:24.crumbling civic centre, it should be listed. It's a great example of
:02:25. > :02:27.mid`century architecture, though, like a number of other local
:02:28. > :02:31.projects, restoration will be quite a challenge. But here's an example
:02:32. > :02:34.of a successful renovation ` Plymouth's Royal William Yard. It's
:02:35. > :02:38.a great waterside location and has had some ?50 million of public money
:02:39. > :02:44.spent on it in addition to the huge investment by the developer, Urban
:02:45. > :02:47.Splash. Personally, I think they've allowed the motor car to dominate
:02:48. > :02:54.things too much and they need to sort that out. But I can't deny it's
:02:55. > :02:57.thriving. I wonder, though, whether the decision to spend so much money
:02:58. > :03:04.here has jeopardised other projects in the region? Every year, English
:03:05. > :03:07.Heritage compiles an at risk register of the listed buildings and
:03:08. > :03:11.monuments most threatened by neglect and decay and there are about 2,000
:03:12. > :03:20.entries on the register for the greater South West region alone. The
:03:21. > :03:24.money available to look after and help restore these sites is limited.
:03:25. > :03:30.This year about ?1.5 million for the whole of the region. That's not
:03:31. > :03:35.going to go far so how do we decide where we're going to spend the cash?
:03:36. > :03:44.I think there are some sites we're just going to have to let go. These
:03:45. > :03:47.18th century naval barracks at Maker Heights at Rame in Cornwall are on
:03:48. > :03:50.the English Heritage priority A`list. ?4 million is needed but
:03:51. > :04:03.there's no obvious lucrative end use. Currently, a group of artists
:04:04. > :04:08.is based here. We've conserved a lot of military architecture, like the
:04:09. > :04:15.Royal William Yard. What's the reason to actually restore this one?
:04:16. > :04:18.Its site. Where it is, I mean, it's so strategic in terms of the
:04:19. > :04:26.beautiful site that it's central to. We are an area of outstanding
:04:27. > :04:30.natural beauty. But it's a pretty bleak place. How do you persuade
:04:31. > :04:37.people to come here? Well, many people come here. They come here
:04:38. > :04:40.because they have fond memories of when they used to come to the
:04:41. > :04:43.children's camps. They come here because they're coming to a
:04:44. > :04:47.festival. They come here to camp, for holidays. Just down the hill
:04:48. > :04:51.from the barracks is the naval battery ` the guns have long gone,
:04:52. > :04:55.the only thing fired here now is Helen's imagination. I think you've
:04:56. > :04:59.only got to go up to the top and have a look at the views down to
:05:00. > :05:05.realise that this is the most fantastic theatrical space possible.
:05:06. > :05:08.I mean I've just got this magnificent vision of the place
:05:09. > :05:16.becoming a theatre and coming alive with activity. Whether a location
:05:17. > :05:19.like this can ever attract the money and the visitors needed to make
:05:20. > :05:22.restoration here worthwhile is doubtful, but what it does reinforce
:05:23. > :05:25.is that when it comes to success, more important than architecture,
:05:26. > :05:44.history or bricks and mortar are the people to make it happen.
:05:45. > :05:49.I've come to St Ives in Cornwall to discover the secret of one of the
:05:50. > :05:55.region's most successful renovation projects. It only happened thanks to
:05:56. > :06:01.the determination of a small group of dedicated enthusiasts. It's not a
:06:02. > :06:04.grand building. It's actually a series of cellars and workshops but
:06:05. > :06:18.it's a place that's played an important part in St Ives' history.
:06:19. > :06:23.St Ives was built on its fishing industry. Once the biggest port on
:06:24. > :06:26.the region's North Coast, the main catch was pilchards. In the mid`19th
:06:27. > :06:37.century, more than 100 million fish were landed here every year. Behind
:06:38. > :06:40.this wall, originally built to hold back the shifting sands, the
:06:41. > :06:41.fishermen were able to build cellars where the pilchards were pickled in
:06:42. > :06:54.brine and then pressed into barrels. The upper part of the building
:06:55. > :06:57.eventually became artists' studios, with the fishermen working in the
:06:58. > :07:01.cellars below but as the fishing went into decline, no money was
:07:02. > :07:04.spent on the building. Damp got in and the whole site started to decay
:07:05. > :07:07.but in 2004, a group of enthusiastic locals got together to make the
:07:08. > :07:09.eight different funding applications needed to raise the money to restore
:07:10. > :07:22.the building. Chris, it's great to meet you.
:07:23. > :07:26.Pleased to meet you, Jeremy. I can't wait to see the inside of this
:07:27. > :07:36.building. Can I show you around? Please do. Wow! What a place.
:07:37. > :07:40.Beautiful, isn't it? Amazing. It is amazing. What I love about this
:07:41. > :07:43.restoration is that it does not smell of new plaster and paint `
:07:44. > :07:48.it's been properly restored, back to how it was when it was first built.
:07:49. > :07:53.It's rough and ready and it's still being used by local fishermen.
:07:54. > :08:00.There's a cooperage where they made the barrels. Everything was packed
:08:01. > :08:04.and sent off in barrels and the front bit is where the pilchards
:08:05. > :08:08.were balked ` in the open air, so there'd be a layer of pilchards, a
:08:09. > :08:11.layer of salt and they'd build the pile up, several metres long, about
:08:12. > :08:16.four or five feet high. And then they were broken out. They were
:08:17. > :08:21.pressed to get the oil out. Oil was a really important product. And then
:08:22. > :08:25.they were put in barrels and sent off to Italy. So it was a cash crop,
:08:26. > :08:29.really important for the Cornish economy. This was actually built
:08:30. > :08:33.using materials from the mining industry so we have the rising mains
:08:34. > :08:39.and also the big timbers across are actually pump rods from the mining
:08:40. > :08:41.industry. So it's not just that it's an important building, it's the
:08:42. > :08:47.cultural history of the building which is important too? Yeah. This
:08:48. > :08:53.is the last bit of old working St Ives. It was really important when
:08:54. > :08:56.we were developing this project that this building is still being used by
:08:57. > :09:01.the industries for which it was first designed. This is on a piece
:09:02. > :09:05.of prime estate fronting Porthmeor Beach. If it hadn't been owned by a
:09:06. > :09:08.charity it would have been turned into residential accommodation a
:09:09. > :09:13.long time ago, like all its neighbours. And were there times
:09:14. > :09:17.when you wanted to give up? Not really. There were times when you
:09:18. > :09:22.felt it wasn't going to happen and then something would happen and it
:09:23. > :09:25.would all start again. As I said, it did take about eight to ten years
:09:26. > :09:30.from project start until you actually knew it was going to go
:09:31. > :09:37.ahead. So you have to be really patient to make these happen. I
:09:38. > :09:41.moved in 2005 into these studios. It was very very cold, water was coming
:09:42. > :09:44.in, so there was the sound in the background of water landing in
:09:45. > :09:49.buckets ` a kind of strange rhythm when you were working and it was
:09:50. > :09:52.wet. If the studios hadn't been restored, it would have been the
:09:53. > :09:57.most short`sighted thing and you'd have lost the working heart of St
:09:58. > :10:01.Ives. You know, St Ives is famous for art and fishing and if those two
:10:02. > :10:05.things can't exist then it's not real so that's made sure that there
:10:06. > :10:07.are artists and fishermen here for the next 100 years and that's very
:10:08. > :10:17.important for this whole area. You can't help but be impressed by
:10:18. > :10:21.what's been achieved here. The campaigners made a good case for the
:10:22. > :10:25.site and backed it with a passion for local history and heritage and a
:10:26. > :10:29.clear vision of what the future use of the building would be. People are
:10:30. > :10:34.an important factor and clearly passion is an important ingredient
:10:35. > :10:35.too. But I would argue that while passion may be persuasive, on its
:10:36. > :10:50.own it's not enough. Ten years ago, the ingenuity of
:10:51. > :10:56.various campaign groups around the country was tested in the BBC's
:10:57. > :10:59.Restoration series. The public could vote for whichever project they felt
:11:00. > :11:08.deserved a ?3 million grant from English Heritage. This is the
:11:09. > :11:21.original part of the house, from the 17th`century... Poltimore House near
:11:22. > :11:29.Exeter was a finalist, but it did not win. This is much earlier, isn't
:11:30. > :11:34.it? The 16th century house was adapted over the years, and later
:11:35. > :11:41.became both a school and a hospital. The doors closed in 1976, and since
:11:42. > :11:45.then it has slipped into ruin. It is so picturesque, moving around this
:11:46. > :11:52.alleyway. This is how I imagine medieval Exeter would have been.
:11:53. > :11:56.After their TV exposure, enthusiastic locals came together to
:11:57. > :12:03.fundraisers. Ten years on, they are still at it. Although a temporary
:12:04. > :12:13.tin roof now offers some protection from the elements, today, they still
:12:14. > :12:16.need around ?12 million. We are coming through the main tower of the
:12:17. > :12:21.19th`century staircase, and we are coming through here, into what was
:12:22. > :12:27.the original Tudor courtyard. What are we looking at here?! Well, the
:12:28. > :12:32.main part of the original building, which dates back to about 1560, had
:12:33. > :12:37.three Tudor gate walls along the side. These two, and then a third
:12:38. > :12:45.one, tucked behind a big staircase. How much work is there to do here?
:12:46. > :12:50.It is enormous. In the section was washed damaged by the fire in 1987,
:12:51. > :12:54.that has been neglected completely since then, we have not even been
:12:55. > :12:58.able to survey it properly. Every part of the building probably will
:12:59. > :13:02.need major work to the facades. Every window is broken and every
:13:03. > :13:07.single slate is going to have to be taken off and renewed. So, we have
:13:08. > :13:12.got another task on our hands. How do you keep motivated to continue
:13:13. > :13:18.pushing this idea? I think it is extremely difficult. There are days
:13:19. > :13:22.when I just think, this is a daft project to be involved in. On the
:13:23. > :13:25.other hand, I think this is an important building, it is a
:13:26. > :13:28.nationally important building, not just a local one, and I think the
:13:29. > :13:33.more we understand about this building, and about the estate and
:13:34. > :13:37.the history and the archaeology of the estate, the more we realise how
:13:38. > :13:43.important this is. Is it worth the effort? I think it is. This is a
:13:44. > :13:46.very big project, but I think the value that it shows about the care
:13:47. > :13:50.that people have for the past is reflected very much in what we are
:13:51. > :13:54.wanting to do for the future. But I have to say that there are days when
:13:55. > :13:59.it is overwhelming, and financially, it is very, very difficult to keep
:14:00. > :14:03.going. It is the people who come, the interest that we get from
:14:04. > :14:07.people, which make it possibly worthwhile, but I have to say, there
:14:08. > :14:11.are many days when we sit around the table looking pretty glum at each
:14:12. > :14:15.other. What do we do next? How do we take this forward? Where do we go
:14:16. > :14:21.for the next penny? It is a really difficult project, from that point
:14:22. > :14:24.of view. Talking to Claire, she has convinced me that this is a great
:14:25. > :14:28.building, well worth repairing. But none of that can happen until a
:14:29. > :14:35.financially viable end use can be found. And at the moment, I just
:14:36. > :14:39.cannot see that happening. ?12 million is a huge sum to find, and
:14:40. > :14:43.that figure could rise faster than the volunteers here are able to
:14:44. > :14:47.raise the funds. There is talk of this becoming a contemporary art
:14:48. > :14:51.gallery or a training centre for heritage building skills. But does
:14:52. > :14:59.the proposed end use really justify the enormous was renovation costs?
:15:00. > :15:03.That brings me to three vital tests which I think a building should pass
:15:04. > :15:09.before being worth the restoration. The first is that it should be
:15:10. > :15:13.architecturally important. Poltimore House surely is. And here are three
:15:14. > :15:21.other buildings at risk which definitely past that first test.
:15:22. > :15:29.Sherborne House in Dorset was another subject of the Restoration
:15:30. > :15:32.series. It was built around 1720. While the exterior has been
:15:33. > :15:47.repaired, it needs a lot of interior work before it can be turned into
:15:48. > :15:51.offices. The Literary And Scientific Institute in Bridport is smaller but
:15:52. > :15:55.just as impressive. Built in the early 1800s, it is now in a poor
:15:56. > :15:58.state. But the problem with any disused building is that it can
:15:59. > :16:02.quickly reach a point of no return. The cost of repair becomes greater
:16:03. > :16:08.than the value of the site, and restoration just is not worth it.
:16:09. > :16:19.Getting dangerously close to that point is the New Palace Theatre in
:16:20. > :16:24.Plymouth. It is another priority case for a dish outage. This is an
:16:25. > :16:29.extraordinary building. It is the epitome of high Victorian taste. It
:16:30. > :16:31.also passes my second test. As well as being a fine piece of
:16:32. > :16:41.architecture, it has a fascinating history. The theatre opened on this
:16:42. > :16:46.site in a team 98, is one of the first purpose`built palace of
:16:47. > :16:56.varieties. Stars such as Charlie Chaplin, Lily Langtree, and Harry
:16:57. > :17:00.Houdini once played here. As the tasteful varieties of sided, it
:17:01. > :17:05.became used for wrestling and bingo. It then had a chequered history as a
:17:06. > :17:15.nightclub, but closed after a drugs raid in 2006. `` as the taste for
:17:16. > :17:20.variety subsided. Since then, a small band of enthusiasts has been
:17:21. > :17:23.fighting to save it. The lead was stolen off the roof, and when the
:17:24. > :17:35.rain got in, the building decayed quickly. And after seven years of
:17:36. > :17:39.neglect, local builder David Welsh now seems to be offering a glimmer
:17:40. > :17:46.of hope. He has already begun essential repairs. You have taken on
:17:47. > :17:50.Elisa for this building. Not me personally, but the project. We are
:17:51. > :17:54.a not`for`profit company, and we have taken on a 27 year lease so
:17:55. > :17:59.that we can work on it and get the project done. Is it just a passion
:18:00. > :18:03.for the building? None of us are really passionate about theatre, we
:18:04. > :18:08.see this as being a community centre, restaurants, different
:18:09. > :18:11.things, different acts, going on. It is a whole community project, rather
:18:12. > :18:15.than just a theatre. But we will restore it as a theatre and then we
:18:16. > :18:20.can use it for other things. It is going to take a lot of money to get
:18:21. > :18:24.to that stage ` where is the money going to come from? We are looking
:18:25. > :18:29.at different grant agencies, the Big Lotto Fund, English Heritage,
:18:30. > :18:33.architectural funds. We believe that if we speak to enough of them, we
:18:34. > :18:40.will slowly get some money in to cover what needs doing. Is this what
:18:41. > :18:46.you expected to see, Mhora? Well, it is certainly in a state, it needs
:18:47. > :18:54.attention. Slightly worrying that the plasterwork is not in as good a
:18:55. > :18:57.state as we might like. It is those with experience of rescuing faded
:18:58. > :19:02.theatres believe this is a project which might just work. Here, we have
:19:03. > :19:08.a really interesting situation, because we have a hotel which
:19:09. > :19:12.adjoins the theatre. It was built originally as part of that of
:19:13. > :19:16.element. So, the theatre and the hotel were one and the same. And it
:19:17. > :19:20.has the potential to come back into use perhaps as a restaurant, with a
:19:21. > :19:28.bar, underneath, but with some residential uses, or Hotel, above.
:19:29. > :19:31.But as ever, it comes down to good management and making sure that you
:19:32. > :19:38.get the right business plan in place and you get the right people on
:19:39. > :19:42.board. We always say with these beautiful old theatres, you are
:19:43. > :19:46.never really the owner, you are only the custodian. Actually, everybody
:19:47. > :19:50.has to play their part in being a custodian of the building especially
:19:51. > :19:53.when it is as special as this. Those passionate about this building, and
:19:54. > :20:02.locally, the New Palace Theatre has many fans, will be in 2009, David
:20:03. > :20:07.Welsh was jailed for fraud. He says his intentions here are genuine.
:20:08. > :20:13.Everything has got to go through a bank account, so it can be audited.
:20:14. > :20:20.It will all be done so that everything can be seen up front.
:20:21. > :20:25.Somebody said to me, you are a Chronicle, and this lot, so I said,
:20:26. > :20:28.I will resign, I will walk away. You get somebody to take over in my
:20:29. > :20:32.place. And nobody has stepped up to do it yet. `` you are a criminal. In
:20:33. > :20:38.the meantime, I am still getting dirty, I am still working. So, a
:20:39. > :20:41.building which meets the first two of my conditions for a successful
:20:42. > :20:44.restoration. It is a great building and it has got an interesting
:20:45. > :20:49.history. But I am not sure about the business case. I think Dave may
:20:50. > :20:54.struggle to convince the authorities to give him the money. Community use
:20:55. > :20:57.for a building like this is important, and is a commendable
:20:58. > :21:01.goal. But it does not bring in big money. Even if a project is
:21:02. > :21:04.architecturally important and has a great history, public funding bodies
:21:05. > :21:12.simply will not give restoration grants to projects which cannot also
:21:13. > :21:15.then pay their way. Fortunately, there are some projects around which
:21:16. > :21:26.meet all three of my conditions. This one in Paignton, on a grand
:21:27. > :21:30.scale. Oldway Mansion was built in the 1870s for Isaac singer. He had
:21:31. > :21:34.made a fortune and achieved global fame after inventing the sewing
:21:35. > :21:40.machine. His son remodelled the building later to a design based on
:21:41. > :21:44.the Palace of Versailles. It was a hospital in the First World War. But
:21:45. > :21:49.after the Second World War, it was sold to the local council for
:21:50. > :21:55.offices. Now, it is about to begin a as a luxury hotel. And this is not
:21:56. > :22:01.without controversy. Developers hope to sell part of the grounds to help
:22:02. > :22:04.fund the work. The remodelling has fallen to an architect who has been
:22:05. > :22:08.chosen for his experience with large`scale renovation. There cannot
:22:09. > :22:13.be many places which have a staircase looking like the Palace of
:22:14. > :22:18.Versailles. It is most extraordinary and special. How do you actually
:22:19. > :22:25.resolve the conversion of a space like this? The advantage we have got
:22:26. > :22:29.here is that the existing space, the existing format, is ideally suited
:22:30. > :22:34.to a hotel use. You coming into a very grand reception space, swept up
:22:35. > :22:41.into this suite of formal rooms around the staircase, which will
:22:42. > :22:44.make rate dining rooms and lounges. Above that, the existing rooms in
:22:45. > :22:49.the house can be put over to residential use, bathrooms,
:22:50. > :22:52.bedrooms, support facilities, servants quarters, again, perfect
:22:53. > :22:56.for hotel bedrooms. But how do you insert lifts and plumbing and all of
:22:57. > :23:00.those things which a modern hotel will need? That is one of the more
:23:01. > :23:03.challenging aspect is. Clearly this was built in a different era, with
:23:04. > :23:12.different requirements and challenges. So that will be an issue
:23:13. > :23:24.for us, but it is cellular, I think it will be able to take it. But it
:23:25. > :23:29.has to be sensitively handled. Phil, here, the garden is also listed `
:23:30. > :23:34.how do you resolve the problems presented by that? As ever, there is
:23:35. > :23:37.a commercial reality. The sums of money involved in bringing back to
:23:38. > :23:43.use a building like this are huge. In this case, at Oldway, it has, at
:23:44. > :23:48.the cost of redeveloping some of the grounds. We have worked very hard to
:23:49. > :23:50.find various scenarios. We have worked with the local community,
:23:51. > :23:55.English Heritage, the local authority, and we do just enough
:23:56. > :23:58.development to cross found the important key works in the buildings
:23:59. > :24:04.and gardens. That is an important factor, it is not an income
:24:05. > :24:08.generating activity in itself, it is purely to save these buildings and
:24:09. > :24:14.do what we have to do to make sure that these key works can be funded.
:24:15. > :24:18.So, you have a passion for an old building, have decided it is
:24:19. > :24:21.architectural use it to. You think it has a rich and interesting
:24:22. > :24:24.history, and you have found a good use for it. Now, all you have to do
:24:25. > :24:34.is to convince everyone else to agree with you. Not far from Oldway
:24:35. > :24:43.Mansion is another English Heritage priority project. Opened in 1912,
:24:44. > :24:46.the Torbay Cinema was one of the first purpose`built picture houses
:24:47. > :24:50.in Britain. It closed in 1999 has been empty since all stop several
:24:51. > :24:54.different organisations came together to raise ?1.5 million to
:24:55. > :25:00.restore it, but the project foundered because they could not
:25:01. > :25:05.agree a way forward. You have to be careful the way you tread across
:25:06. > :25:11.here... 1999, the last film here, and no sign of the next one, so what
:25:12. > :25:15.has the process been since that time? Difficult to start with,
:25:16. > :25:19.because, with a more modern building, people do not tend to
:25:20. > :25:23.value it as a heritage asset, although it was listed before it
:25:24. > :25:28.actually closed. For us, we have been trying to keep it watertight
:25:29. > :25:32.for the last 15 years, but over the last four or five years, we have
:25:33. > :25:35.seen more of an interest in making it something special again, which is
:25:36. > :25:40.good to be valued by the community, and used again, which is what we all
:25:41. > :25:45.want in Paignton. But why's it so hard to get consensus? I think it is
:25:46. > :25:52.because people do not regard a building from 1913 originally as
:25:53. > :25:55.being particularly old. They can remember it when cinemas were free
:25:56. > :25:59.pits and things like that, when we have seven or eight in every town.
:26:00. > :26:03.And so, this being the last of the line, it was not really understood.
:26:04. > :26:06.It has been operating with a heritage railway next door to it,
:26:07. > :26:10.and people think, that is traditional heritage. It is only in
:26:11. > :26:14.the last few years that people think, we have got something special
:26:15. > :26:18.on our hands here. With any luck, the picture house will be is stored
:26:19. > :26:23.and used for the purpose for which it was first built. An end`use is
:26:24. > :26:27.always the key question. It is clear that only the projects with a
:26:28. > :26:32.well`managed, sustainable, financially viable business plan are
:26:33. > :26:36.going to succeed. Andrew, my idea is that you have got a really good
:26:37. > :26:40.building, that it has got an interesting history, and that it has
:26:41. > :26:45.a use for the foreseeable future, no matter what state it is in, somehow
:26:46. > :26:50.the money will arrive to repair it. What is English Heritage's few? We
:26:51. > :26:55.think there are many factors which can affect whether a building has a
:26:56. > :26:59.future, sustainable use. The ownership is an enormous influence.
:27:00. > :27:04.Often it is a case of whether the building as the capital cost of
:27:05. > :27:08.repair, but sometimes, it is just about the amount of revenue that a
:27:09. > :27:12.building can generate. I suspect the one we are sitting in at the moment
:27:13. > :27:16.is just such a case. As you say, repair costs are not always a
:27:17. > :27:23.problem, but it is about use and long`term revenue streams. So, do
:27:24. > :27:25.you think it is the people that really matter? People can make the
:27:26. > :27:30.difference between a building failing or being a complete success.
:27:31. > :27:33.The enterprise and imagination which people bring to the use of these
:27:34. > :27:37.buildings in the future is an enormous, it is almost a crunch
:27:38. > :27:41.factor, in terms of how they can work. So, people are a common link
:27:42. > :27:45.between the projects we have looked at. Dedicated volunteers, giving up
:27:46. > :27:52.their time to save historic buildings. Another common fact is
:27:53. > :27:55.that rescue has been left very late. The costs of restoration are
:27:56. > :27:59.now so high that however passionate the campaigners are, they will need
:28:00. > :28:07.to come up with spectacular business plans to justify the expenditure.
:28:08. > :28:10.So, eventually, it is down to the determination and passion of
:28:11. > :28:15.individual people. Restoration is complex and expensive. Although the
:28:16. > :28:19.sums involved are tiny when compared to the national budget, all of the
:28:20. > :28:23.projects we have looked at here could be completed together for a
:28:24. > :28:28.fraction of the cost of a fighter craft. The Government will not save
:28:29. > :28:33.them, there are no votes in heritage, which means that the
:28:34. > :28:37.future of our historic buildings is up to the community, and that means
:28:38. > :29:12.it is up to you to decide what is worth saving.
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