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Ipswich Museum under threat from historically insensitive redevelopment
22/06/2022
Insensitive redevelopment of Ipswich Museum threatens rare survival of Victorian curation
Listing Success in Manchester
23/05/2022
Former Union Bank, Heywood, Manchester, receives Grade II listing.
Young Victorian Committee Elected
10/05/2022
Congratulations to our newly elected Young Victorians Committee.
Sandwell Council Presented The Victorian Society’s West Midlands Group’s Conservation Award
03/05/2022
On Thursday 28th April, Her Majesty’s Deputy Lieutenant for the West Midlands, Mr John Wood, presented Sandwell Council with the Victorian Society’s Birmingham and West Midlands Group’s 2019 Conservation Award for its restoration of Smethwick Council House, built in 1907.
Victorian Society objects to 'badly thought-through' demolition of Victorian Villa in conservation area
21/04/2022
Victorian Society object to demolition of Victorian Villa to make way for new surgery in Beeston, Nottinghamshire.
Successful listing in Birmingham, the Samuel Heath and Sons Head Offices (1888, David Henry Ward)
14/04/2022
Following Victorian Society caseworker, Tim Bridges’, application Historic England has listed the offices for their architectural interest and high-quality craftsmanship as well as the historic interest as testament to Birmingham’s industrial development with Samuel Heath and Son operating on the site since the company’s inception.
Darlaston Police Station (1899-1902, Charles William Davies Joynson) successfully listed
14/04/2022
Following Victorian Society caseworker Tim Bridges’ application Historic England has listed the building and the attached railings at Grade II.
Our new Events Coordinator
12/04/2022
Ruth Miller will be providing events support two days a week to help take forward our events programme.
Listing success for Norfolk Convent
24/03/2022
All of Henry Woodyer’s extant houses of Mercy are now listed, as Abbe Pierre House and Holy Cross House (formerly the house of Mercy and Convent) in Ditchingham, Norfolk, receives grade II status, after the Victorian Society submitted a listing application at the end of last year.
The Threat to Ukraine’s Cultural Heritage: An Open Letter To the Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation, Olga Borisovna Lyubimova
18/03/2022
The Victorian Society with other heritage groups expresses grave concern over the loss of life and the loss of tangible and intangible culture, architectural heritage, art, monuments, archaeology, and collections of art and antiquities in Ukraine
Theatres in the Spotlight - Spring 2022 Edition of the Victorian Magazine Out Now
09/03/2022
The latest edition of the Victorian magazine focusses on Victorian and Edwardian Theatres, with features and news on the fight to save Victorian and Edwardian Architecture
Midlands Industrial Association Limited wins Victorian Society Birmingham and West Midlands 2021 Conservation Award
22/02/2022
The Birmingham & West Midlands group of the Victorian Society has named the Midlands Industrial Association Limited as the winner of the 2021 Conservation Award for its restoration of the Argent Centre in Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter.
Surprise ruling in case of G. E. Street’s St Mary the Virgin, Wheatley, Oxfordshire
11/02/2022
The Victorian Society has experienced rare success at Consistory Court, saving St Mary the Virgin’s (GE Street, grade II*, 1855-1857) original tiled floor from being replaced with stone, which was part of broader reordering plans.
We are hiring: The Victorian Society is looking for an Events Co-ordinator
28/01/2022
Do you have an interest in architecture, design and art history? If you have experience and skills in event coordination, marketing and the computer and web skills to get the events online, then you might be just the person to join our team.
The Victorian Society's 2021 Top 10 Endangered Buildings
13/12/2021
Neglected, At Risk, In Danger of Demolition. We reveal 2021’s Top 10 Most Endangered Buildings.
Top Ten Endangered Buildings 2021: Whitchurch Hospital, Cardiff, Grade 2 Listed, Oatley and Skinner, 1902-1908
The hospital first opened in 1908 as ‘Cardiff Lunatic Asylum', in the typical style for medical facilities – with a spine of central administrative blocks, and to each side, five-storey ward blocks.
Top Ten Endangered Buildings 2021: Church of St Helen, Biscathorpe, Lincolnshire, Grade II* Listed, W. A. Nicholson, 1847
The Church of St Helen, Biscathorpe stands nearly alone, its former village having long since disappeared. Rebuilt on the site of the old church in 1847 by W. A. Nicholson in a fanciful Gothic style - more than fifty grotesque faces perched high on the steeple peer down onto visitors.
Top Ten Endangered Buildings 2021: Oldham Equitable Cooperative Society (Hill Stores), Oldham, Grade 2 listed, Thomas Taylor, 1900
Oldham Equitable Cooperative Society (Hill Stores) commissioned Thomas Taylor to build what would be one of the largest buildings in the area, and it was completed in 1900.
Top Ten Endangered Buildings 2021: Minley Home Farm, Hampshire, Unlisted, Arthur Castings, 1896
Minley Home Farm was once part of the sprawling Minley Manor Estate. It was completed circa 1896 to the designs of Arthur Castings, associate to the renowned George Devey, who worked on other buildings in the estate. The model farmstead was designed to reflect farming changes during the agricultural depression when arable land was converted to livestock use after cheap imports from America caused wheat prices to plummet.
Top Ten Endangered Buildings 2021: Jones & Higgins Department Store, London, Unlisted, Henry Jarvis & Sons, 1894
The Jones and Higgins Department store opened on the corner of Rye Lane and Peckham High Street in 1867 and formed a key part of a ‘Golden Mile’ of shops that rivalled Oxford Street. The clock tower was designed by Southwark architects Henry Jarvis & Sons, who also built Dulwich Hospital and the Walworth Town Hall. They took their inspiration for the building’s façade from the Clock Tower in St. Mark’s Square, Venice.
