A UNIQUE part of East Lancashire's heritage could be rescued if it captures the public's imagination tomorrow night.

Kinloch Castle - the summer home built by Accrington industrialist Sir George Bullough on the remote island of Rhum - is in the final of BBC2's Restoration.

It is one of 10 buildings under threat competing for the viewers' vote. The winning building will be fully restored.

Around £5.5 million is needed to rescue Kinloch Castle and to turn it into a major tourist attraction on the Hebridean Island.

Douglas King, secretary of the Kinloch Castle Friends Association, a voluntary group that has campaigned tirelessly to save the castle, said: "Rhum may seem a long way from East Lancashire but Kinloch Castle has incredibly strong links with the area.

"I would urge the people of East Lancashire to get behind our campaign and to ring in with their vote."

Sir George Bullough built Kinloch Castle around the turn of the last century. It cost him the equivalent of £25million today and the house was packed with the most modern inventions of the day, including central heating, a telephone system, air condition and even its own power station.

Many workers from Howard and Bullough's in Accrington were paid to travel to the Inner Hebrides to work on the project.

The castle is special as it's virtually as it was at the outbreak of the First World War, a unique time capsule of the Edwardian era.

Damp and dry rot are threatening to destroy the priceless interior but the castle could be saved if it wins restoration.

The final of Restoration is on BBC2 on Sunday at 9pm. Voting lines are now open.

To vote for Kinloch Castle dial 0901 077 5007. Calls cost 30p, with 17.9p going towards the restoration fund.