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Victorian and Edwardian buildings are irreplaceable, cherished, diverse, beautiful, familiar and part of our everyday life. The Victorian Society is the champion for these buildings. Read about what we do.

Silhouette Greg Hickman

Job vacancy: Churches conservation adviser

Thursday 25 February: We've got a vacancy for a churches conservation adviser. Full time, based in London. Salary band £20,000 to £22,000 + pension

Tudor Hotel after the fire

Fire damaged hotel needs urgent repairs

Wednesday 10 March: Firefighters tackling a major fire at the Tudor Hotel in Malvern were forced to break windows and make holes in the roof. The Victorian Society is now calling for urgent repairs to be carried out to protect this listed building from further damage.

Battersea Water Pumping Station

Battersea Power Station plans threaten hidden industrial gem

Wednesday 3 March: The Victorian Society is opposing plans to knock down one of the oldest surviving water pumping stations in the country. The pumping station, built in 1840, is little known as it lies hidden away and largely forgotten next to Battersea Power Station on the south bank of the Thames.

Market Hotel Hartlepool

Don’t demolish a rare survivor from Hartlepool’s Victorian past

Monday 22 February: Plans to demolish a listed pub on Hartlepool’s historic Lynn Street are being strongly opposed by the Victorian Society.

Islamic Centre, Camberley

Society criticises plans to demolish Surrey Islamic Centre

Tuesday 16 February: The former primary school building is locally listed and in a Conservation Area but the owners have applied to demolish it and build a new mosque on the site.

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