A 15th-Century barn on the Berkshire estate where Downton Abbey was filmed has been "saved", having previously been deemed at risk due to leaks and falling joists.

The renovation of the Grade I-listed barn, part of the Highclere Estate owned by the Earl of Carnarvon, was part funded by an increase in visitors to the nearby castle.

This is just one of the lucky structures which received funding to be repaired despite many being making up the Heritage at Risk Register by Historic England.

More than 4,800 sites across England are now listed as being at risk of neglect, decay or inappropriate development, including about 1,000 churches - many, like the priory, have leaky roofs.

A Berkshire structure that still remains at risk includes the Church of St Gregory in Welford. It’s 2017 bid for lottery funding was unsuccessful and it remains on the register while its roof continues to be need of repair.

In Oxfordshire, the ruins of an Elizabethan manor house at Hampton Gay have also been repaired and stabilised after Historic England helped the landowner seek Countryside Stewardship Funding.

The 16th-Century building, which was destroyed by fire in 1887, was part of a small settlement now protected as a "deserted village".

Rosie Byford of Historic England described the register as an "annual health check" to highlight places that "need a bit more love and care to ensure they are there to enjoy" for future generations.

"It is often the owner or a member of the community that will come to us and start the conversation," she added.

Both the interior and external structure of a property is at risk when in need of repair.

In Christchurch Priory in Dorset, important 15th century paintings concealed within the church are at risk due to a leaky risk.

Historic England makes recommendations about whether a historic structure is at risk and in need of repair.