From world heritage sites and medieval buildings to historic town centres, the Tyne Valley has plenty of old buildings worth going to see, but some of them are at serious risk.

Historic England, the public body that looks after England's historic environment, oversees a register of listed buildings, sites and conservation areas it deems 'at-risk'.

Among them are 11 buildings in the Tyne Valley we could be at risk of losing forever.

Holmslinn lead mine, 200 metres south east of Holmes, Sinderhope, Allendale

Scheduled Monument and Grade II Listed Building

Condition: Very bad

The mine is described as a 'series of standing and buried remains of one of four mine shafts in the East Allen valley. The shaft, 70 metres deep, was dug in 1855', Historic England said.

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Little Swinburne Tower, Little Swinburne, Chollerton

Scheduled Monument and Grade II Listed Building 

Condition: Very bad

A 'remote C15 tower house', it is in a 'very bad' state of repair. The tower was part of Little Swinburne's shrunken medieval village.

Walker's Pottery, Corbridge

Scheduled Monument and Listed Buildings - two Grade II*, two Listed Buildings

Condition: Poor

"The site includes the standing and buried remains of a post-medieval pottery. The two bottle kilns were repaired through Historic England grant-aid in 2016. Following a change in ownership, there have been very positive steps taken to improve the management and condition of the site. A number of structures have been repaired or consolidated," Historic England said.

Pair of bastles, north-west of the Green at Chesterwood, Haydon Bridge, Haydon

Scheduled Monument and Listed Buildings - three Grade II

Condition: Very bad

The site comprises remains of four defended farmhouses dating from between 1575 and 1650. Those to the south and west of the Green have been repaired and converted into residential use, however, the pair to the far north-west of the Green are not actively used and are deteriorating.

Stublick Colliery beam engine house, Haydon

Listed Building Grade II*, Scheduled Monument

Condition: Poor

Historic England said: "The beam engine house is part of the Stublick Colliery site, the finest group of early C19 colliery buildings in the region."

Bastle, 100 metres south west of Ray Cottages, Kirkwhelpington

Scheduled Monument

Condition: Poor

A 'ruined medieval defended farmhouse', is situated in the grounds of Ray Castle. Discussions are underway to establish a reparation regime for the site.

Capheaton tilery, Mirlaw House, Kirkwhelpington

Scheduled Monument

Condition: Poor

Built for the Kirkharle Estate in approximately 1800, the tilery's masonry and brick vaults are in poor condition due to invasive vegetation and loss of fabric.

Simonburn Castle, Castle Lane, Simonburn

Scheduled Monument and Listed Building Grade II

Condition: Very bad

A 13th-century tower house with 18th-century Gothic additions, the building is in need of urgent repair, and a management agreement has been established with the owner to clear some of the damaging vegetation growth.

Cocklaw Tower, East Cocklaw, Wall

Scheduled Monument and Listed Building Grade I, World Heritage Site

Condition: Poor 

The 14th-century tower contains wall paintings of an estimated 16th-century date. "The wall paintings show recent loss and are highly vulnerable, but have been subject to detailed archaeological recording," Historic England said.

Church of St Cuthbert, Church Street, Haydon

Listed Place of Worship Grade II*, Conservation Area

Condition: Poor 

"The church was erected in 1796 by the Greenwich Hospital Trustees, to whom the Derwentwater estates passed in the 18th-century," Historic England sai. "It has an elegant west tower, narrower than the nave, which is topped by a pagoda-like roof. A north transept was added in 1869 to accommodate children from the Shaftoe Trust School."

Haydon Old Church, Old Haydon, Haydon

Listed Place of Worship Grade I

Condition: Poor

Once a parish church, it is still used for worship and has a 12th-century chancel and 14th-century south chapel. The church received a grant from the Covid-19 Emergency Heritage at Risk Response Fund, with which various repairs were completed. However, the stone slated roof is in poor condition and needs replacing.