February 2010 news
Don’t demolish a rare survivor from Hartlepool’s Victorian past
Monday 22 February 2010: Plans to demolish a listed pub on Hartlepool’s historic Lynn Street are being strongly opposed by the Victorian Society.
Society criticises plans to demolish Surrey Islamic Centre
Tuesday 16 February 2010: 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.
Council must act now to save one of Malvern’s most important Victorian buildings
Thursday 11 February 2010: The harsh winter weather has prompted the Society to call on Malvern Hills District Council to serve an Urgent Works Notice on the owner of the Tudor Hotel.
Call for upgrade to Rhodes listing
Thursday 4 February 2010: The Victorian Society has written to English Heritage urging them to upgrade the listing of Basil Champney's Rhodes Building in Oxford. The move has been prompted by plans for major alterations to the 1908 building.
