Nearly three dozen special buildings or monuments have been added to Harrow’s list of historically significant sites to protect them for the future.

Harrow Council has added 35 places – including Pinner Fire Station and The Case Is Altered pub in Harrow Weald – to its list of more than 700 buildings that it feels are important to preserve for the borough’s future.

Although adding them to the local list gives them no legal protection, many authorities maintain a list in the hope it will encourage owners to recognise the importance of the properties.

Among this year’s additions is the grave of First World War hero Leefe Robinson, who was awarded the Victoria Cross for being the first British pilot to shoot down a German airship over England.

The pilot died at just 23 at his sister’s home in Stanmore, and his grave lies in All Saints Church Cemetery in Uxbridge Road.

Other sites to be included in the list is Station Z under the Kodak site in Headstone Drive, an underground bombproof bunker built before the Second World War for the Air Ministry to evacuate to if Whitehall was destroyed by bombing.

The site used to include a three-storey office block above ground but that was demolished in 1996 when Kodak expanded their factory, and the bunker has fallen into disrepair and has flooded several times.

The council has also produced a guide for owners of locally listed buildings to help them manage important sites.

Portfolio holder for planning and regeneration, Councillor Keith Ferry, said it was important to “preserve the borough’s culturally diverse history”.

He added: “The identification and recording of these buildings and the publication of our owners guide mark are ways in which we hope harrows historical heritage can be safeguarded and managed for future generations.”