Hastings Castle and Dickens’ chalet added to heritage at risk register
Historic England has added nearly 200 sites to its register amid severe environmental erosion, including William the Conqueror’s 11th-century castle and Charles Dickens’ Swiss writing chalet in Kent.
A rain-soaked conservator holds a luminous, computer-generated umbrella labelled ‘DESIGN RIGHTS’ over miniature representations of Hastings Castle and Dickens’ writing chalet. Rain passes straight through its virtual canopy, washing away their separate earthen bases above a swollen heritage-at-risk register.
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