2007 - Top Ten Endangered Buildings
Our list of Victorian and Edwardian buildings at risk in 2007
Shadwell Court, Norfolk
The Grade I-listed Shadwell Court in Norfolk was initially built in 1715, but was extended and remodelled out of all recognition in 1840 by Edward Blore and again in 1857-60...
Mechanics Institute
Swindon, Wiltshire Grade II*-listed, 1853, Edward Roberts A striking sight from the railway, the Mechanics’ Institute is a grand, Tudor Gothic building of truly national significance. It was built as...
Sheffield Old Town Hall
Sheffield, Yorkshire Grade II-listed, 1808, Charles Watson; extended 1866, William Flockton The former Town Hall on Castle Street is the third of Sheffield’s town halls and was built to replace...
Easington Colliery Junior School
Easington, County Durham Grade II-listed, 1899, J. Morson Easington Colliery School was commissioned in 1899 when a coal mine opened locally, effecting significant demographic changes in an otherwise sparsely populated...
Moseley Road Baths
Birmingham, West Midlands Grade II*-listed, 1907, William Hale and Son Moseley Road Baths is one of Birmingham’s most significant public buildings and one of only two Grade II*-listed bathhouses from...
Llanfyllin Union Workhouse
Llanfyllin, Powys Grade II*-listed, 1838, Thomas Penson The former Llanfyllin Union Workhouse, known locally as ‘Y Dolydd’, was built by the Montgomeryshire County Surveyor, Thomas Penson, in 1838. An ambitious...
Frank James Memorial Hospital
East Cowes, Isle of Wight Grade II-listed, 1893, Somers, Clarke, and Micklethwaite The Frank James Memorial Hospital was built in 1893 as a home for retired seamen, and was briefly...
St Walburge’s Church
Preston, Lancashire Grade I-listed, 1847-54, J.A. Hansom St. Walburge’s was commissioned in 1847, at the time of the Roman Catholic revival in England, and was constructed over the course of...