Lissan House has been in the Staples family for 400 years

Lissan House in County Tyrone has failed in its bid to win the BBC's historic buildings Restoration series.

The historic home of the Staples family, near Cookstown, narrowly missed winning the multi-million pound prize.

It came second to the Victoria Baths in Manchester.

But Hazel Dolling, who is fighting to save the 16th century family home, said she would not give up.

"It is a great achievement to come second but we'll find another backer to help us, I'm sure," she said.

"I'll try and struggle on for a bit longer, " she said.

"I feel rather tired. But I'm not downhearted or disappointed. I have just done the best I an. And I can't do any more than that."

Hazel Dolling: Not downhearted

Lissan House is now held in trust as Hazel Dolling is the last surviving member of the family who have owned the property since the 1600s.

This has been the Staples' family home for 400 years - the longest occupation by any single family of a country house in Ireland.

The house was recently awarded a blue plaque to mark it as the former residence of the artist, Sir Robert Ponsonby Staples.

The other two "at risk" buildings in the Northern Ireland heat of Restoration were Herdman's Mills in Sion Mills and the Crescent Arts Centre in Belfast.

Herdman's Mill was founded in 1835 by three brothers from Belfast and provided provided housing, schooling, churches, sports and leisure facilities for workers.

New proposals for the mill complex include leisure and restaurant facilities.

The Crescent Arts Centre was built in the Victorian era, and originally used as a girls' school. It still plays an important part in the community.

Each of the buildings had a celebrity advocate who highlighted the reasons their particular building should be rescued from ruin.