The search is on for the nation's top ten endangered buildings

Following the success of last year’s Top Ten Endangered Buildings list, which threw the spotlight on such threatened gems as Shadwell Park in Norfolk and the Frank James Hospital on the Isle of Wight, the Victorian Society is once again asking members of the public to scour their local areas and send in photographs and details of any good quality Victorian or Edwardian buildings at risk that they find. The ten best and most threatened buildings will be published in the November issue of The Victorian, the Victorian Society’s magazine, and used to inform the charity’s campaigns.

‘This is an opportunity for members of the public to let us know about threats to the buildings they value,’ said Dr Ian Dungavell, Director of the Victorian Society. ‘Judging by the number of nominations we received last year, it’s clear that heritage matters to very many people. The top ten list is a chance for campaigners to make their voices heard.’

Already things are looking up for several of the buildings featured on the Victorian Society’s Top Ten Endangered Buildings list for 2007. While emergency repairs are being carried out at Shadwell Park, grants have been awarded to the Lanfyllin Union Workhouse and St Walburge’s in Preston, and the long-neglected Easington Colliery School has at last been put up for sale.

‘Good buildings can become threatened for all sorts of reasons,’ continued Dr Dungavell. ‘Often the hardest to protect are those that are simply locked up and left to rot. As last year’s buildings show, campaigns like this really can make a difference, so if there is a building that you value which is derelict, dilapidated or facing an uncertain future, please let us know.’

To nominate an endangered building, please email information and photographs to community@victoriansociety.org.uk or call 020 8747 5897