2010 - Top Ten Endangered Buildings

Our list of Victorian and Edwardian buildings at risk in 2010

The Grimsby Ice Factory, Gorton Street, The Docks, Grimsby

Key building from fishing’s past derelict and at risk. This vast factory produced ice for Grimsby’s fishing industry for 90 years. The building and its early 20th century ice machinery...

The Unitarian Chapel, Upper Brook Street, Manchester

An early Pugin chapel, roofless since 2005 (1837-9, Charles Barry, Grade II*) The former Unitarian Chapel, later known as the Welsh Baptist Chapel is owned by Manchester City Council. It...

Royal Liverpool Seamen’s Orphanage, Newsham Park, Tuebrook, Liverpool

Majestic building suffering badly from rot and neglect Alfred Waterhouse was commissioned by the Liverpool Seamen’s Orphan Institution to provide a home for children who had lost their families at...

Normansfield Hospital, Kingston Road, Teddington, Middlesex

Impressive private sanitorium in increasingly poor condition (1866, architect unknown, Grade II*) The state of the interior of this former private sanatorium for mentally handicapped children is appalling and clearly...

Old Fire Station, Court Road, Barry, South Wales

Edwardian fire station in an appalling state (1901, architect unknown, Grade II) Sadly after sitting empty for nearly 10 years this custom designed Edwardian fire station is now in an...

Former Wedgwood Institute, Queen Street, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent

Important historic building needing repair and a new use   (1869, G.B. Nichols, John Lockwood Kipling, Robert Edgar, Grade II*) Until recently the Wedgwood Institute was home to Burslem’s public...

Former Moseley School of Art, Moseley Road, Birmingham

Distinguished building in the process of steady decay   (1898, W.H. Bidlake, Grade II*) This is an area of Birmingham where a remarkable number of distinguished Victorian and Edwardian buildings...

Bradgate House Stables, Bradgate Hill, Groby, Leicestershire

Striking survival from a previous age in disastrous condition (1856, M. J. Dain, Grade II* ) Bradgate House was demolished in 1926 but its elaborate stable block still survives, albeit...

30 Euston Square, London

Partly restored Neo-Grecian beauty under renewed threat from HS2   The Euston Arch was lost last time Euston station was redeveloped back in the early 1960s. That decision is widely...

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