A VICTORIAN butcher’s shop and a historic flour mill are the two Bournemouth buildings deemed “at risk” on a national list published by a conservation body.

SAVE Britain’s Heritage has published a register of buildings which it says need care, new ownership or sympathetic re-use.

They include Throop Mill, which was the subject of a public campaign after falling into disrepair, and 224 Holdenhurst Road, which could be turned into a pub if a recent planning application is granted. Both are grade two listed.

SAVE Britain’s heritage describes the Throop building as a “well-reserved brick mill” dating from around 1850.

The mill has been unused since 1972 and the site was tidied after public campaigning and a petition calling on the landowners to restore it.

Ward councillor Anne Rey said she site had been tidied up and was being monitored by council officers.

"Naturally, in an ideal world, we'd like it to be refurbished for the kids to look around and see how it used to work, like they've done at Wimborne with Walford Mill," she said.

The Holdenhurst Road building is identified by SAVE as “W&R Fletcher, butcher’s shop of circa 1890 in original condition”. The report notes its green, yellow and cream tiling, the gold inscription on the doors, and interior features including tiling and the arched wooden canopy over the cash desk.

James Weir, heritage and conservation officer with Bournemouth Civic Society, said: “The Civic Society welcomes SAVE’s efforts in drawing attention to these important listed buildings in Bournemouth.

“We’ll be contacting the owners to offer advice to keep them in good repair and, more importantly, help and suggestions for bringing them back into sympathetic use.”

An application was submitted in May to change the use of the Holdenhurst Road shop unit into a pub.

Applicant Thea Morris said then that the property had bene “unused for many years” and was undergoing repairs.

“I have secured a five-year rental deal on the property, with the intention of opening a micro pub/beer bottle shop,” she wrote.

“I feel this would be a huge boost to the area. I would work in close connection with and support the other local businesses.”

Bournemouth council said an application for a new wooden floor at the Holdenhurst Road site was refused earlier this year and the pub application was under consideration. There had been no contact with the owners since 2001 and no complaints since then about the building.

The authority has not had contact with the owners of Throop Mill for “three or four years”, when the owners tidied the site. The building was “felt to be in acceptable condition”.