2008 - Top Ten Endangered Buildings
Our list of Victorian and Edwardian buildings at risk in 2008
Palace Theatre, Plymouth
Flamboyant theatre, one of Plymouth’s finest buildings, continues to decay Grade II*-listed, 1898, John Thomas Wimperis and William Henry Arber The ‘New Palace Theatre of Varieties’, or the Palace Theatre...
Chapels at Cathays Cemetery
Cardiff, South Wales Grade II-listed, 1859, R.G. Thomas The chapels at Cardiff New Cemetery were constructed between 1857 and 1859, to plans developed by R.G. Thomas, in collaboration with the...
Stonebridge School
Brent, London Grade II-listed, 1898, G.E.S. Laurence Stonebridge School was commissioned in 1898 and was designed, like most London School Board institutions, to improve the general appearance of the district...
Newsome Mill
Huddersfield, Yorkshire Grade II-listed, 1873, architect unknown This former worsted mill at Newsome was built to replace a smaller, coal-powered woollen mill, founded by John Taylor in 1827. The earlier...
Fletcher Convalescent Home
Cromer, Norfolk Unlisted, 1893, E. Boardman & Son The former Fletcher Convalescent Home was commissioned in 1893, and was used for most of its life as place of convalescence for...
Gustav Adolfs Kyrka
Liverpool, Merseyside Grade II-listed, 1884, William Douglas Caröe The Gustaf Adolf Seamen’s Church was conceived by the Church of Sweden in 1883, at the height of Liverpool’s prominence as a...
Holy Trinity Church
Hove, Sussex Grade II-listed, 1863, J. Woodman Holy Trinity Church was designed by the local architect, James Woodman, in an architectural style that is difficult to specify – and has...
Red Lion Public House
Birmingham, West Midlands Grade II*-listed, 1901, James and Lister Lea The former Red Lion Public House was built by local architects James and Lister Lea in 1901, on the site...