"I was at a meeting of the Deans of England and somebody was saying nearly all the cathedrals in England are GradeI listed buildings, with one or two exceptions, " he said.
As part of my job, I reported alarming inadequacies: in one case high-grade equipment (ASME III, class 1) was operated in nuclear power reactors with no accepted safety file, regardless of a previous accident and a half-dozen failures in achieving acceptable design results.
The Grade-I listed Ditherington Flax Mill was the world's first iron-framed building and is considered one of the most important on the English Heritage At Risk register.