Coventry's Stoney Road Allotments set to leave Heritage Risk Register
Historic England has revealed its West Midlands Heritage at Risk Register for 2025
Coventry’s Stoney Road Allotments, home to five Grade II-listed summerhouses, are set to come off Historic England’s Heritage at Risk Register.
The 2025 Heritage at Risk Register gives an annual snapshot of the health of England’s valued historic buildings and places to ensure they can be protected and continue to be enjoyed in the future.
Over the past year, 12 historic buildings and sites in the West Midlands have been added to the Register because they are at risk of neglect, decay or inappropriate development.
Claudia Kenyatta CBE and Emma Squire CBE, Co-CEOs of Historic England, said: “The heritage we see all around us impacts how we feel about our local places.
"The annual Heritage at Risk Register gives us the opportunity to celebrate the many benefits of bringing our historic buildings back into use.
"The best way to protect our buildings is to reuse them, turning them into places of local connection and joy.
"The sites that have been saved and have come off the Register this year really highlight the benefits of working together in partnership, and with communities, to create positive, sustainable change. Together we can safeguard our heritage for future generations.”
Many buildings and sites, such as The Stoney Road Allotments in Coventry, have been rescued with the help and commitment of local people, communities, charities, owners and funders including The National Lottery Heritage Fund.
Stoney Road Allotments (listed at Grade II), are a rare surviving example of Coventry’s early 20th-century heritage. Laid out from 1853 onwards, the site is now a Grade II* Registered Park and Garden. The site is still actively used as allotments and sub-tenanted by the Stoney Road Gardens Association (SRGA).
In recent decades, the summerhouses have suffered neglect, vandalism, and decay. Historic England has provided £250,000 grant funding to Coventry City Council, for the comprehensive repair of three of the listed summerhouses.
The work included replacing the roof coverings, repairs to the external fabric and rainwater goods, and external redecoration. Working with allotment holders, the original features in these rare survivals have repaired and restored.