AN exhibition showing some of the abandoned and derelict buildings of the rural Welsh Border country has started in Bishop's Castle Town Hall.

The exhibition ‘Vanishing Buildings’ is of the work of Mary Napper-White who is well known in art circles in Shropshire.

She is a graduate in fine art from the University of Reading and is a retired manager at the Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery.

Mary Napper-White work part time for Arts Alive and is a trustee of the Oriel Davies Gallery in Newtown.

The exhibition finishes on Saturday, February 18.