Victorian Society News Archive: 2014
Tonedale Mill, Somerset
Plans to redevelop the site fell through during the recession, but as the housing market recovers, is a sensitive housing scheme now viable? Tonedale Mill is thought to be the...
Sheffield’s missing Crimean War Monument
This tribute to Britain’s war dead has been broken up and placed in storage for over ten years, the column feared lost. We call on Sheffield Council to set out...
Hartlepool’s former Wesley Chapel
Prominent Grade II-listed landmark deteriorating while awaiting hotel conversion Built in the early 1870s the Wesley Chapel presents an elegant classical stone portico onto a busy road junction in the...
Greengate Public Baths, Salford
Action needed to save this rare survival of a handsome early public baths designed by one of Manchester’s best 19th century architects The Greengate Baths in Salford are a rare...
Hammerhead crane, Isle of Wight
Giant cantilever crane in Cowes used for the production of naval warships When you picture Victorian or Edwardian Cowes it is perhaps the regatta, rather than industry, which first springs...
Crumlin Navigation Colliery
A nationally important, nearly complete, complex of both Grade II* and II buildings. Plans for use as community hub at risk due to pollution The Navigation colliery is a nationally...
Cardiff Coal Exchange
Declared unsafe and in imminent danger of collapse by Cardiff Council in 2013, a thorough heritage assessment is urgently needed Among the most prominent buildings listed in the Top Ten...