Victorian Society News Archive: 2011
Wansford Station, Peterborough
Jacobean-style gem suffering from dry rot and collapsing floors This delicate Jacobean style building on the old Northampton to Peterborough line is a gem of a station, with its picturesque...
Temple Mill, Leeds
Rare Egyptian style mill crumbling after years of neglect A former flax mill designed to look like an ancient Egyptian temple has been included on the The Victorian Society’s list...
The Old Rectory, Columb Major
Picturesque rectory filled with unique detail in need of urgent repairs The Old Rectory is an immensely picturesque house and one of William White’s most important works. Built on the...
Manningham Baths
Uniquely intact Edwardian pool closed, future uncertain The Victorian Society has fought hard to keep Bradford’s unique and extraordinarily intact Edwardian swimming pool open to the public, but in...
Former YMCA building, Merthyr Tydfil
Striking terracotta facade disguising the most appalling dereliction The striking building is an early work by one of Wales’ most important architects, Sir Percy Thomas, who was also responsible...
Hammerton School, Ouseburn Road, Darnall, Sheffield
Attractive old school unguarded and left to vandals (1904, W.J.Hale, Grade II) W.J. Hale built only a handful of schools for the Sheffield School Board, but this is considered...
Former South Eastern Railway offices, London
Distinctive character offices at risk from complete destruction It’s been described as London’s Flat-iron building because of its distinctive tapered end, but the former South Eastern Railway Office on Tooley...
Crumpsall and Cheetham District Library
Irreplaceable Baroque library under attack from vandals, thieves and arsonists The former Crumpsall and Cheetham District Library stopped lending books back in 1974, after which it was used as...
Cricket Pavilion, Bletchley
Attractive pavilion repeatedly targeted by vandals and thieves The Bletchley Cricket Pavilion was built in the 1890s as part of the expansion of the Bletchley Park Estate commissioned by...