David Ruffley MP has written to Dr Simon Thurley, Chief Executive of English Heritage, asking what action his organisation is taking to save the important historic listed buildings in his constituency which are at risk from neglect and decay.

David received a list of Grade I and Grade II* listed buildings in his constituency that appear in the newly published 2009 Heritage at Risk Register compiled by English Heritage.

The list comprises:

• Grade I listed: Drinkstone Post Mill;

• Grade II* listed: Badley Hall farmhouse, barn and dovecote, Moreton Hall, Bury St Edmunds, (the Robert Adam house of 1773 now used as a preparatory school) and a barn 200m west of Hall's Farmhouse, Norton.

In his letter to David Ruffley, Simon Thurley says that Heritage at Risk aims to compile a database of all England's designated heritage sites which are at risk from neglect or decay to enable them to prioritise those parts of it at risk and find ways to save them.

David is now asking what action English Heritage is taking to save these historic buildings in his constituency.

David said: 'While I welcome the annual publication of the Heritage at Risk Register, it won't achieve much unless English Heritage backs it up with action.

'Drinkstone Post Mill benefited from English Heritage grant funding in 2005 but the fact that part of the Drinkstone Mills conservation area remains at risk shows that further help is needed.

'These Grade I and Grade II* listed buildings are an important part of our Suffolk heritage. I want to ensure that English Heritage does all it can to save them.'