March 2008 news
Charity urges Nottingham residents to go for a swim
Thursday 20 March 2008: News that the closure of Nottingham's Victoria Baths has been postponed to allow for more public consultation on the future of the leisure centre has been welcomed by the Victorian Society, which hopes that Nottingham residents will turn out in force to show their support for the historic pool.
National concern for Cottingham’s historic school
Tuesday 18 March 2008:
News that a Victorian school in the East Yorkshire village of Cottingham is set to close this summer without formal plans in place for the building's future use has drawn criticism from the Victorian Society, the national charity campaigning for the Victorian and Edwardian historic environment.
Campaign hots up for Josephine Butler House
Wednesday 12 March 2008:
The Victorian Society has asked Liverpool City Council to extend a conservation area to include a threatened building on Hope Street.
Grant for Preston’s most endangered church
Wednesday 12 March 2008:
News that English Heritage have awarded a large maintenance grant to St Walburge's, Preston has been welcomed by The Victorian Society, who hope that this latest recognition of the Grade I-listed church's national significance will halt plans to close it down.
National recognition for one of London’s oldest board schools
Monday 10 March 2008:
One of the earliest surviving Victorian Board Schools in the London Borough of Hackney has been listed as a building of national significance thanks to an application from the Victorian Society.
National concern for Peterborough’s historic railway hotel
Friday 7 March 2008: Plans to demolish Peterborough's Great Northern Hotel have been condemned by the Victorian Society, the national charity campaigning for the Victorian and Edwardian historic environment.
Liverpool’s former homeopathic hospital listed
Friday 7 March 2008:
The Victorian Society welcomes news that English Heritage have listed the former Liverpool Hahnemann Hospital and Dispensary on Hope Street as a building of national significance.
Heritage campaigners look back on saving a century
Thursday 6 March 2008: The fiftieth anniversary issue of 'The Victorian', the magazine of the Victorian Society, is out now, featuring articles from some of the nation's foremost heritage campaigners and architectural historians on the battles that launched and shaped the charity fighting to save our best Victorian and Edwardian buildings from the wrecking ball.
