A loss of income from visitors and commercial activities has left many sites struggling to pay for restoration work that is desperately needed.'s Madeira Terrace, which was newly added to the register.
The school occupied converted warehouses on the Grand Union Canal, and in its day was the largest"ragged school", with over 1,000 pupils on weekdays and 2,400 on Sundays.The building was saved from demolition by residents in the 1980s, and later became a museum welcoming 24,000 visitors a year. "It's been suggested to me that we could be designated as a site of conscience because the struggle for free universal education is one that is still happening all over the world."Like the Ragged School Museum, Thomas Plume's Library needs urgent repairs to its roof.