More than 20 heritage properties, ranging from a traditional red telephone kiosk to a vital part of Worcester Cathedral are under threat according to the city council.

A report to the authority’s planning committee says that the range of buildings and structures are considered ‘at risk’ because they “are in a poor to very bad condition” or because “they are either vacant or because their future is uncertain.”

Perhaps the best known, or most conspicuous entry on the register is the Edgar Tower, part of Worcester Cathedral. That is listed as being in a ‘poor’ condition because of ‘falls of sandstone and structural instability in the towers”. Repairs to the south side of the tower are underway, while work on fixing the north side will start next month.

At the very other end of the scale, a telephone booth in Bridge Street is also on the list. The box is one of the K6 type which went into production in 1936 to celebrate the Jubilee of King George V.

The register says: “The [kiosk] is in a generally poor state – it is out of use and the door sealed shut. BT notified and works now authorised to be carried out.”

One of the most interesting items on the list is a sculpture of hop -pickers by Scottish sculptor William Forsyth. The frieze showing women and men collected hops from laden bows is at the apex of a building in Sansome Street, now and insurance company office, opposite the Hop Market Commercial Hotel.

Forsyth was one of a well-known pair of sculptor brothers and he is credited with influencing much of the character of late Victorian Worcester and Malvern.

The risk to the sculptures which is in a ‘fair condition’ is that the traffic in Sansome Street means it suffers from high levels of pollution. The council is discussing with the owners of the building a plan to keep the Grade II listed frieze clean and maintained.

Other items on the list include the pavilion at the Cinderella Sports Ground, where there are plans to build a new clubhouse, and which might be transported to the Avoncroft Museum in Bromsgrove, the Scala theatre in Angel Street which is empty and ion a poor state and the empty ice factory in Bromyard Road in St John’s.

The city council’s planning committee will discuss the report at its meeting on Thursday.